parental choices. This shows that realized or expected children's death is not the only link between fertility decision and …

This paper uses the exogenous variation in fertility introduced by China’s family planning policies to identify the …

In this paper it is argued that models for completed fertility have to take into consideration that childless couples … differences may be the cause of the underdispersion that characterizes completed fertility data. An empirical illustration using …

In this paper, we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displacement on fertility in a sample of white … effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has. Fertility rates for women …

In this paper, we study the evolution of the distribution of fertility rates across the world from 1950 to 2005 using … components: a high-fertility regime and a low-fertility regime. Whereas the significance of twin peaks vanishes over time, the … two fertility regimes continue to exists over the whole observation period. In 1950, about two thirds of the world …

terms of time and goods affects the optimal fertility timing. Then, we identify conditions that guarantee the existence and …