Teenage fertility is a social problem because of its private and public costs in countries of different levels of … development. Reductions in adolescent birth rates have not necessarily followed the drop in overall fertility due to the …

This study attempts to quantify female teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and motherhood in Bolivia using the most … recent Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive results suggest that teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing … pregnancy is needed. Lastly, the estimation results indicate that not only socioeconomic and demographic factors, but also some …

Termination of pregnancy (TOP) or feticide for severe fetal anomalies is ethically and morally challenging and maybe …

This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …

This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …