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 …

This paper develops a theory in which households prepare for future education by adjusting the number of children they … disturbances after childbirth. -- Fertility ; Lock-in effect ; Inequality ; Education …

-population problems. The implications of procreation rights for income inequality and education are contrasted. We decompose the scheme … education level of the next generation, while population control enhances it. If procreation rights are granted to countries in … proportion to existing fertility levels (grandfathering) instead of being allocated equally, population control can be made even …