youth cohort size. Finally, due to recent declines in fertility, some European countries will see reductions in the size of …

`long' nineteenth century. The fertility transition was early (dating from at least 1800) and from very high levels. The … levels were moderate, and death rates began their sustained decline only by the 1870s, long after the fertility transition … or accompanies the fertility transition. Internal migration in the United States was also distinctive. Over most of the …

Dramatic fertility swings over the last 100 years have been the subject of large literatures in demography and … economics. Recent research has claimed that the post-1960 fertility decline is exceptional enough to constitute a "Second … the fertility decline in the 1960s and 1970s to the earlier 20th century fertility decline, especially the 1920s and 1930s …

Health Statistics, we estimate fertility responses to these eligibility expansions. We measure changes in state Medicaid … had a statistically discernible effect on fertility …

fertility and mortality. Most presently developed nations began their fertility transitions in the late nineteenth or early … fertility of the white population of the United States was declining from at least the year 1800. By the end of the antebellum … experiencing a fertility transition. This transition was well in advance of significant urbanization, industrialization, and …

After roughly 10 years of decline, the U.S. fertility rate reached a historic low in 2017. However, aggregate trends in … fertility mask substantial heterogeneity across different demographic groups. Young women and unmarried women have seen the … largest declines in fertility in recent years while women older than 30 and married women have actually experienced increases …

The 1960s ushered in a new era in U.S. demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and … provides new evidence that it accelerated the post-1960 decline in marital fertility …