In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a … displacement reduces average fertility by 5 to 10% in both the short and medium term (3 and 6 years) and that these effects are … reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was … productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that …

The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was … productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that …

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … are drawn from the CentER Savings Survey, which consists of a representative and a highest-income-decile sample of Dutch … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the …

-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …

international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …

-migrant. Although migrants lose their original social networks whilst overseas, savings and human capital accumulation acquired abroad …