The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) requirements can affect teen fertility rates through changes in alcohol … intensity. Using micro-level data, I find that a decrease in the MLDA increases the probability of unwanted first pregnancy … evidence that the individual eligibility status at the time of first pregnancy rather than the state MLDA might affect …

families with children. Faced with the lowest (and declining) fertility rate in Canada, the government of the province of … evaluate the effects of generous tax and transfer policies on fertility. The paper uses the important change in family policy … application of the Bongaarts-Feeney formula that accounts for the impact of changes in the quantum and tempo of fertility by birth …

concentrated in about 50 countries, most of which have had slow pace of fertility transition, mainly due to low level of socio … on Muslimmajority countries, this paper examines fertility decline in these countries, their socio-economic indicators …

than to just get government involved in fertility choices of households. However, given the history of the performance of … fertility on government may be even more serious than suggested by the average level of total fertility rate since children …. Government’s ability to meet the needs of the population will clearly be improved if fertility can be brought down. Fertility can …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

The transition of contraception use in Colombia was an important moment when health and fertility were tightly … contraception. Younger women displayed discontinuous behavior with a large proportion of total fertility (which itself has been …

Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … Union. Fertility rates are converging on—and sometimes falling below—rates in Western Europe, most of which are below …

This paper provides an overview of developments in fertility, family policy models, and intensity of work … 1990s might have been an important determinant of the decline in fertility seen in post-socialist countries in the 1990s … to diversity in rates of fertility improvement in the region. It concludes by encouraging more in-depth research on the …

This article is devoted to investigation current demographic policy in Russia impact on fertility of different … cognitive and emotional aspects of fertility behaviour (to give birth the next child). One of the important results of this …

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … hours) postpone first and second birth in any cohort, even accounting for any potential endogeneity between fertility and …