II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor … well as patterns for age-specific laborforce participation and fertility rates that are consistent with U.S. data. …

II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor … well as patterns for age-specific labor-force participation and fertility rates that are consistent with U.S data. …

assistance. As such, availability of grandmothers affects the cost of having children, and hence fertility decisions of young … parents. In this paper, we develop a simple model to assess the fertility implications of the fluctuations in both output (as …

develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor force participation … decisions. We use the model to assess the impact of the war on female labor supply and fertility in the decades following the …

been a marked trend towards lower fertility and higher female labor force participation. However, change did not occur in a … uniform fashion: during the post-war Baby Boom, fertility rates increased substantially, until the long-term downward trend …

's labor force participation and fertility over this period. We also show that the diffusion of infant formula played an …

is still largely unclear what caused them. This paper presents a new unified explanation of the fertility Boom-Bust that … the entry of the D-cohort is associated with increased births in the 1950s, while its retirement turned the fertility Boom … completed fertility of all cohorts involved. …

Fertility Revolution" and questions regarding the applicability of the theory of household choice in modernizing societies. This …

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

We examine the effects of changes of government provided old age pensions on fertility choices in the context of two … models of fertility, the one by Barro and Becker (1989), and the one inpired by Caldwell and developed by Boldrin and Jones … public pension system on fertility in the Barro and Becker model depends on whether child rearing costs are primarily in …