Dessy, Sylvain Eloi; Marchetta, Francesca; Pongou, Roland; … - 2020
effects, we find that drought occurring in the agricultural season increases the fertility of young women living in …. Analyzing mechanisms, we find that drought does not affect common factors of high fertility such as marriage timing. It operates … can lower the marginal cost of a child and raise fertility. We test this hypothesis using longitudinal data from …