This paper introduces endogenous fertility into a model of occupational choice, and studies its steady states. Three main results are obtained. First, despite the presence of both income and substitution effects in fertility choice, general equilibrium effects operating via endogenous wages in...

By incorporating occupational choice into a theory of endogenous fertility, this paper provides an explanation of observed patterns linking parental incomes to fertility. Our approach does not rely on assumptions concerning the relative strength of substitution and wealth effects in parental...

This paper introduces endogenous fertility into a model of occupational choice, and studies its steady states. Three main results are obtained. First, despite the presence of both income and substitution eects in fertility choice, general equilibrium eects operating via endogenous wages in...

Theories based on partial equilibrium reasoning alone cannot explain the widespread negative cross-sectional correlation between parental wages and fertility, without restrictive assumptions on preferences and childcare costs. We argue that incorporating a dynamic general equilibrium analysis of...