Much of Africa has not yet gone through a quot;demographic transitionquot; to reduced mortality and fertility rates …. The fact that the continent's countries remain mired in a Malthusian crisis of high mortality, high fertility, and rapid … population growth (with an accompanying state of chronic extreme poverty) has been attributed to many factors ranging from the …

-term effects on U.S. fertility rates. I find that the introduction of family planning is associated with significant and persistent … reductions in fertility driven both by falling completed childbearing and childbearing delay. Although federally-funded family … planning accounted for a small portion of the post-baby boom U.S. fertility decline, the estimates imply that they reduced …

-income countries. In doing so, it focuses on fertility outcomes (the number and timing of births), women's health and socio … programs may only explain a modest share of fertility decline in real-world settings (explaining 4-20% of fertility decline …

marriage when the sex of the child is known before birth, and fertility stopping rules. We document that parents with girls are … likely to be married at delivery. When we turn to fertility, we find that in families with at least two children, the …

fertility rate-- using time series methodology. I believe that I have shown that infant mortality and fertility are not … an increase in per capita real income triggers a subsequent decline in fertility.This dynamic nexus between changes in …

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 …