’ fertility preferences with women’s, and correcting women’s beliefs about pregnancy risk absent contraception have the potential …

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 …

the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally …

In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In … addition to demonstrating an up to 23% increase in the fertility of tertiary-educated women, I find a positive, statistically …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

last 30 years. Consistent with the fall in fertility and population aging, the region has shifted from a burden of disease …