This paper examines one avenue through which female autonomy impinges on fertility and child mortality in developing … decisions of a couple regarding fertility and allocation of resources for the healthcare of their children are made within a … point utility of mothers is shown to reduce fertility and also to reduce child mortality rates. Paradoxically, the increase …

-term morbidity. We propose a quantity–quality model of fertility choice under uncertainty that emphasizes morbidity and mortality … from infectious disease. The fertility response to a decline in child mortality depends on the morbidity effect of the … disease, the prevalence rate, and whether the prevalence or case fatality rate declines. Fertility follows mortality and …

In India, many parents follow son-preferring fertility-stopping rules. Stopping rules affect both the number of …