children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the analysis accounts for the characteristics of both the aspiring parents. Our … higher female labour participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of the women … dissuasive deterrent discouraging the decision to have children. Couples with unemployed women are less likely to plan …

participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of women’s work status (i.e. having … occasional, precarious, and low-paid positions) is revealed as a significant dissuasive factor in the decision to have children …

Three profound changes - the mortality, fertility and contraception transitions - characterized the Victorian era in … their fertility target at no cost. The historical experience from Victorian England is at odds with this view of costless … fertility regulation. We incorporate costly fertility limitation into the Becker paradigm: in our story, the mortality …

Building on anthropological evidence, we develop a model of intra-household decision making on fertility and child …

cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …, leading to very similar results. Estimates indicate that children born in areas affected by high levels of violence are 0.8 cm … shorter than children born in low violence provinces. These results are robust to several specifications. Furthermore, the …

of a two-thirds reduction by 2015. Yet, some countries and regions have achieved impressive reductions, Kerala in India …, including mother’s age and birth order, and also factors related to health service provision such as tetanus injection and use …. We conclude that raising service levels across India toward the levels found in Kerala is a necessary step toward meeting …

What are the effects of childhood immunization program (UIP) on women's fertility and birth spacing? I examine the … effect of this immunization program on women's subsequent fertility and birth spacing by exploiting district … reduces the likelihood of subsequent and cumulative fertility of women and increases the birth intervals between first and …

This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1 … on whether or not their mothers were literate: there was no gender discrimination between children of literate mothers … to a broader conclusion which was that all children in India suffered from sharper, but less publicised, forms of …

with respect to demography and to schooling in India. These are: the numbers of pregnancies, live births and infant … survivals to women and the chances of children being enrolled at school and, if enrolled, of continuing in school. The … 195 districts, in 16 states of India. The study concludes that a broad spectrum of factors affect these outcomes. The …

aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …