This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor force participation in a developing country in the … address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, the analysis exploits the Albanian parental preference for having …-section of parents with at least two children, the analysis finds a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on …

most notably in the poorest countries. Lowering fertility has many benefits for the poorest countries. Studies indicate … that, in high fertility settings, fertility decline facilitates economic growth and poverty reduction. It also reduces the … fertility, and that they are highly pro-poor in their impact. While the rest of the world wrestles with the complexities of …

There is a very large but scattered literature debating the economic implications of high fertility. This paper reviews … the literature on three themes: (a) Does high fertility affect low-income countries' prospects for economic growth and … effective at lowering fertility, and should they be publicly funded? The literature shows broad consensus that while policy and …

that latent son preference in childbearing is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of …

and soil fertility as proxy for below-ground environmental quality. Rainfall is used to account for endogeneity issues in …