declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …

the lowest fertility rates in Europe. However, they differ in the level of public support for families and the role of …

Academic women in Austria and Germany have extraordinarily high final levels of childlessness of 45-60%, as documented … by prior research. This study investigates how female scientists' fertility behaviour relates to their childbearing … Sciences (n=196). It comprises women aged 25-45 who work in different scientific fields in Austria. Female scientists aged 40 …

the sample. Up to now, very little was known about the fertility behaviour of academic women in Austria, but also in other … among female scientists in Austria. In total, 247 women up to the age of 45 years who applied for a scholarship at the … modern societies. The current sample - although very selective - will allow new insights in the fertility behaviour and in …

subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … women affected by changing leave regulations. The extension of parental leave from one to two years in 1990, which created … an incentive for women to have their subsequent child within 26 months, led to an immediate and marked increase in second …

. The paper estimates the effect of mothers' program exposure on fertility and children's time allocation. The results show … that while the program was effective in reducing fertility, it had no significant impact on children's school enrollment …

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …

It is generally thought that both the demand for children and the cost of fertility control are major forces in … fertility decline. Most researchers find that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost of … fertility control, play a small role in the fertility transition relative to other economic factors that affect the demand for …

Most of the international studies on fertility are based on a female perspective. A major difficulty in couple … study conducted in Italy [2003-2007], a country with persistently low fertility levels, we examined the effect of … Italian women prevail in reproductive decision-making, because childbearing lies mainly in their sphere of influence. The data …