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

The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality … transitions. It also produces a correlation between the speeds of fertility transition and increases in schooling similar to the …

examines the relationship between population change and economic development in particular regions of the world: East Asia …, combined with reduced fertility and increases in the working-age population, have contributed to economic growth in some areas … of the developing world …

back into the evolution of average fertility across generations. Theory predicts that changes in the relationship between …Fertility change is distinct from other forms of social and economic change because it directly alters the size and … composition of the next generation. This paper studies how changes in population composition over the fertility transition feed …

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

undeveloped steady stare with little human capital, low rates of return on human capital investments and high fertility, and a … developed steady stats with higher rates of return a large, and, perhaps, growing stock of human capital and low fertility …

Using micro-data from 48 developing countries, I document a recent reversal in the income-fertility relationship and … century's end, both patterns had reversed. Consequently, income differentials in fertility historically raised average …

have emphasized changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility, including abortion and birth control. In this … measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born. I estimate an increase … of fertility control supply restrictions on birthrates today. The importance of legal abortion in reducing 19th …

developing countries. This paper presents a theoretical model which integrates micro-level decision making about fertility and …