To the extent that families' fertility decisions respond to economic factors, the price of housing is an important and … relatively neglected candidate for consideration in fertility decisions. In theory, the effect of changes in housing prices on … fertility. We follow non-moving women aged 18-40 (with their associated families) over time to ask whether changes in lagged …

between birth weight and socioeconomic status. A strong association with maternal education does not appear to be due to the …

We study the fertility effects of the 1997 Quebec Family Policy, which introduced universal childcare and … fertility at the intensive margin but had varying impacts by life stage. For younger cohorts of women early in their careers and …

Evidence on a causal link between family size and children’s education, as in the tradeoff suggested by Gary S. Becker …

both education attainment and fertility data. I find that the boom in cobalt mining led to a reduction in educational … surrounding environment. I examine the effects that local cobalt mining had on child labor and subsequently on fertility rates in … achievements of individuals who were between 6 and 14 at the time of the boom, and it was accompanied by higher fertility rates …