generations. Using the time interval between the date of marriage and the first live birth as a measure of reproductive capacity …

establish that indeed trade has positive effects on fertility and negative effects on education in non-OECD economies, while … inducing fertility decline and human capital formation in OECD economies. …

date of first marriage and the first birth to establish that while higher fecundity is associated with a larger number of …

The research provides the first empirical examination of the hypothesized effect of industrialization on the fertility … establishes that industrialization was a major catalyst in the fertility decline in the course of the demographic transition …. Moreover, the analysis further suggests that the contribution of industrialization to the decline in fertility plausibly …