Ferrara, Eliana La; Chong, Alberto; Duryea, Suzanne - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (2012) 4, pp. 1-31
We estimate the effect of television on fertility in Brazil, where soap operas portray small families. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into different markets of Globo, the main novela producer. Women living in areas covered by Globo have significantly lower fertility. The effect is...