This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number ofchildren. Higher skilled women have …

We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child … developed countries, we assume that mothers desire to have no more children than fathers and to invest no less in education per …

education in Finland. At both margins, admission to further education increases the probability that women form families - i … attractive as potential partners. The positive effects on female fertility may be attributed to education improving the … inputs are important in shaping these skills, these results align with the notion that education may make women more …

The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and … their physical capacity to give birth, children's health, the number of children desired, and women's ability to control …

remove family background factors. Hence, for both men and women, human capital and fertility become more positively …Skilled and educated women have on average fewer children and are more likely to remain childless than the less skilled … capital measures are virtually unrelated to fertility, but this again masks the role of family background factors: more …

Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to …

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 …

its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively …At the national level, it has long been observed that a country's average education level is negatively associated with … children and the average education level (the quantity-quality trade-off)? A clear answer to this question will help both …