fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased … results suggest that electrification contributes substantially to the fertility decline. In a context in which family planning …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in … capita and child mortality on fertility rates are non-robust and inconsistent with the predictions of the unified growth …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …

We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U ….S. Fertility declined on the intensive margin as expected. However, despite the increasing value of having at least one child, a … larger share of women remained childless. We explain these findings with a new theory of fertility that includes fertility …

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …