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 …

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 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 … back into the evolution of average fertility across generations. Theory predicts that changes in the relationship between …

-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 …

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 …

intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be self-selected on fertility. Soviet Jews who migrate to Israel despite high migration …. Selection on altruism can explain why historically immigrant-absorbing countries like the U.S. have higher fertility than other …

access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the fertility …