This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950-2015 and investigates the determinants … of the onset of fertility transitions. We find evidence of convergence in three groups of countries, and distinguish the … transitioning countries from those not transitioning. The estimation of the year of onset of the fertility transition is followed by …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … living with a single mother; (vi) shifts in social norms governing premarital sex and married women's roles in the workplace …