the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this … from one subsample suggest that first-born girls from large families marry sooner. -- fertility ; quantity-quality trade … the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this …

This paper analyzes household fertility and child occupation decisions in a risky environment. Fertility decisions are … made first, when only the distribution of shocks is known. When shocks are realized and fertility is fixed, parents adapt … by allocating children's occupations, i.e. school, paid work and domestic chores. Fertility is decreasing with the shock …

This paper analyzes household fertility and child occupation decisions in a risky environment. Fertility decisions are … made fi?rst, when only the distribution of shocks is known. When shocks are realized and fertility is ?xed, parents adapt … by allocating children?s occupations, i.e. school, paid work and domestic chores. Fertility is decreasing with the shock …

Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However …, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that fertility has limited …

This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … complementary data sets, we examine different fertility outcomes over the life cycle. In contrast to evidence for other developed … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a …