The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a …, however, that many (potential) mothers and fathers disagree on whether to have children, on how many children to have, and on … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a …, however, that many (potential) mothers and fathers disagree on whether to have children, on how many children to have, and on … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a …, however, that many (potential) mothers and fathers disagree on whether to have children, on how many children to have, and on … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research …

The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a …, however, that many (potential) mothers and fathers disagree on whether to have children, on how many children to have, and on … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

economic consequences of women's rights documents that more rights for women lead to more spending on health and children …

how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …

Two centuries ago, in most countries around the world, women were unable to vote, had no say over their own children or … property, and could not obtain a divorce. Women have gradually gained rights in many areas of life, and this legal expansion …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …