. Focusing on daughters-in-law, we examine whether the gender role attitudes of foreign-born mothers-in-law affect the fertility … the fertility behavior of native women. …

Rising public pension generosity has frequently been cited as one reason for the (persistently) declining fertility … rates in many advanced economies. Despite the theoretical appeal, empirical evidence on the pension-fertility nexus is … limited. To fill this gap, I study country-level fertility trends before and after 23 pension reforms using a long-run panel …

income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households … other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility …

health outcomes of children affected by the shift in date of birth. -- Cut-off date effect ; fertility ; policy evaluation …

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … drawing conclusions about the relevance of institutional factors for fertility and employment decisions. Our results suggest …

Using household-level survey data from Côte d’Ivoire, this paper investigates the determinants of fertility with a … significant relationship between fertility and electricity, but one that is only revealed when the model distinguishes between … rural and urban areas. Specifically, we find a positive association between electricity and fertility for urban households …

and fertility timing. We find that delaying parenthood by one additional year during the career implies a wage premium of … 7%. -- Fertility ; wage differentials ; career path …

Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical …. -- Adoption ; demand for adoption ; fertility ; children ; altruism …