agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

between women's labor force participation and fertility. The economics of fertility has entered a new era because these … some cases reversed, and the cross-country relationship between women's labor force participation and fertility is now …In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of …

The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

This paper reviews Gary Becker's contributions to the economic analysis of fertility, from his 1960 paper introducing … the quantity-quality tradeoff to later work linking the economics of fertility to the theory of economic growth. …

between women's labor force participation and fertility. The economics of fertility has entered a new era because these … some cases reversed, and the cross-country relationship between women's labor force participation and fertility is now …In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of …

larger families than women do. Within countries, we find wide dispersion in spouses' desired fertility: there are many … to which women are empowered should matter for fertility choices. We point to evidence at both the macro and micro levels … that this is indeed the case. We conclude that taking account of household bargaining and women's empowerment in analyses …