. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior …Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically … both in family size and in the spacing of births has changed. While in the 1985 SFS family size was similar among …

. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior …Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically … - both in family size and in the spacing of births - has changed. While in the 1985 SFS family size was similar among …

. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior …Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically … - both in family size and in the spacing of births - has changed. While in the 1985 SFS family size was similar among …

Catholic countries of Europe pose a demographic puzzle -fertility is unprecedentedly low (total fertility=1.3) despite …. We use differential declines in service provision --measured by nuns/capita-- to identify its effect on fertility …) has no effect for Protestants, but predicts fertility decline for Catholics. The data suggest that service provision and …

Catholic countries of Europe pose a demographic puzzle -fertility is unprecedentedly low (total fertility=1.3) despite …. We use differential declines in service provision --measured by nuns/capita-- to identify its effect on fertility …) has no effect for Protestants, but predicts fertility decline for Catholics. The data suggest that service provision and …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …