fertility outcomes in Indonesia. Using panel data and a sibling fixed effects model, we identify this relationship based on … potential channel for this result is that women respond by changing their fertility behavior. While surviving the death of a … sibling has little effect on desired fertility levels, we find evidence that surviving sisters start a family about 3-4 years …

formation and potentially affecting marriage and fertility outcomes. I study the implications of the female advantage in …-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and marriage and fertility outcomes. The results show that in marriage …

changes and assesses the possible consequences of the changing fertility and mortality patterns. Much remains unknown about … demographic transformation in the past twenty years. On many dimensions of fertility and family formation, much of the region now … looks like Western Europe-below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and …

We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …, different measures of mortality, and the sample period. In addition, our causality tests suggest that fertility is both …

In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In … addition to demonstrating an up to 23% increase in the fertility of tertiary-educated women, I find a positive, statistically …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …