We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with … mortality increased women's labor force participation, improved their occupational status and reduced their chances of ever …

We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U … timing and labor force participation as choices. Consistent with the model's predictions, we find that reductions in child … mortality led women to delay childbearing, increase their labor force participation, improve their occupational status, and to …