Previous research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex … selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex … selection. This paper presents a novel approach that jointly estimates the determinants of sex-selective abortions, fertility …

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

This study exploits a natural experiment to investigate the impact of land reform on the fertility outcomes of … pronatal property rights on fertility outcomes. By matching aggregated census data before and after the reform with … impact of the reform on fertility outcomes. The impact appears to be large. The study estimates that women in rural areas …

considers a country in Sub-Saharan Africa and finds that parental gender preferences do affect fertility behavior and shape …

India. The data indicate that child sex ratios are peaking in these countries, and in many sub-national regions are …

This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … year of schooling led to a reduction in fertility. An investigation of the underlying mechanisms linking schooling and … fertility finds that the decline in fertility is associated with an increase in labor market opportunity and a reduction in …

context of a recently introduced fertility promotion benefit in Poland. The paper is based on an adapted version of the …