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"Momma's Got the Pill" : How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S. Childbearing
Bailey, Martha J. - 2009
The 1960s ushered in a new era in U.S. demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and smaller family sizes. What catalyzed these changes remains a matter of considerable debate. This paper exploits idiosyncratic variation in the language of "Comstock" statutes,...
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Will the Stork Return to Europe and Japan? Understanding Fertility Within Developed Nations
Sacerdote, Bruce - 2008
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...
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AIDS, "Reversal" of the Demographic Transition and Economic Development : Evidence from Africa
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - 2006
Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985-2000. Results differ depending on the variation used and the estimation method. Between estimates that exploit cross-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS...
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Birthing a Nation : The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the 19th Century Demographic Transition
Lahey, Joanna - 2013
During the 19th century, the US birthrate fell by half. While previous economic literature has emphasized demand-side explanations for this decline--that rising land prices and literacy caused a decrease in demand for children--historians and others have emphasized changes in the supply of...
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The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital accumulation, parental time input into child-rearing, and crowding of fixed...
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction
Voigtländer, Nico - 2011
Europeans restricted their fertility long before the Demographic Transition. By raising the marriage age of women and ensuring that a substantial proportion remained celibate, the "European Marriage Pattern" (EMP) reduced childbirths by up to one third between the 14th and 18th century. In a...
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Fertility and Savings : The Effect of China's Two-Child Policy on Household Savings
Baker, Scott; Benmelech, Efraim; Zhishu Yang; Zhang, Qi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
China's high household savings rate has attracted great academic interest but remains a puzzle. Potential explanations …
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The State of Mental Health Among the Elderly Chinese
Chen, Yi - 2020
China introduced its stringent family planning policies from the early 1970s, known as the "Later, Longer, Fewer …
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The Long-Term Consequences of Having Fewer Children in Old Age : Evidence from China’s “Later, Longer, Fewer” Campaign
Chen, Yi - 2018
Family planning plays a central role in contemporary population policies. However, little is known about its long-term consequences in old age because of the identification challenge. In this study, we examine how family planning affects the quality of life of the Chinese elderly. The direction...
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The Limits (and Human Costs) of Population Policy : Fertility Decline and Sex Selection in China under Mao
Babiarz, Kimberly Singer - 2018
The vast majority of China's fertility decline predates the famous One Child Policy - and instead occurred under its … and fertility behavior, finding that the policy reduced China's total fertility rate by about 0.9 births per woman …, explaining only 28% of China's modern fertility decline. Given son preference, we then consider the parallel issue of sex …
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