Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend … Italy display lower fertility rates than France, the United Kongdom, and the Scandinavian countries. All countries use some …. Although these measures are mainly motivated by equity considerations, they will generally also have an impact on fertility. …

-founded fertility and schooling behavior. The model explains the historical emergence of R&D-based growth and the subsequent emergence … of mass education and the demographic transition. The ongoing child quality-quantity trade-off during the transition …. Because growth in modern economies is based on the education of the workforce, the medium-run prospects for future economic …