This study presents a novel theory on the interaction of social norms, fertility, education, and their joint impact on … existence of two steady states. At the traditional steady state, the economy stagnates, fertility is high, education is minimal … population has abandoned traditional beliefs, modern contraceptives are used, fertility is low and education and economic growth …

This study investigates the interaction of the use of modern contraceptives, fertility, education, and long-run growth … economy, in which modern contraceptives are not used and fertility is high, gradually converges towards a high growth regime …, in which couples use modern contraceptives. Innovations in contraceptive technology at later points in time speed up the …

Over the past century fertility behavior in the United Stated has undergone profound changes Measured by cohort … fertility the average number of children per married woman had declined from about 5.5 children at the time of the Civil War to … took place in the dispersion of fertility among these women: the percentage of women with, say, seven or more children …

Over the past century fertility behavior in the United Stated has undergone profound changes Measured by cohort … fertility the average number of children per married woman had declined from about 5.5 children at the time of the Civil War to … took place in the dispersion of fertility among these women: the percentage of women with, say, seven or more children …