quantitative macroeconomic theory. We apply the model to examine the effect of a change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to …We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model …

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

We study how endowments, investments and fertility interact to produce human capital in childhood. We begin by …

We use an extended Barro-Becker model of endogenous fertility, in which parents are heterogeneous in their labor …

who are not born. We show how these concepts relate to the notion of Pareto-efficiency when fertility is exogenous. We …

behavior and contraceptive use. Evidence from this analysis suggests that the reduction in fertility associated with raising …

achieved through the incorporation of altruism and fertility in quot;value of lifequot; type of framework. We are able to … lifequot; and on intergenerational welfare comparisons. We show that, by incorporating altruism and fertility into the analysis …

Over the past century fertility behavior in the United Stated has undergone profound changes Measured by cohort … fertility the average number of children per married woman had declined from about 5.5 children at the time of the Civil War to … took place in the dispersion of fertility among these women: the percentage of women with, say, seven or more children …