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

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

, combined with reduced fertility and increases in the working-age population, have contributed to economic growth in some areas …

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 …

Only a few rich nations are currently at replacement levels of fertility and many are considerably below. We believe … that changes in the status of women are driving fertility change. At low levels of female status, women specialize in … household production and fertility is high. In an intermediate phase, women have increasing opportunities to earn a living …

The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … fertility. The analysis suggests that increasing education by one year reduces fertility by 0.26 births …