This paper investigates whether immigration shocks have a causal effect on native fertility patterns. It uses a natural … examine the fertility consequences for non-Cuban Miami women. Using a synthetic control estimator and an extended individual …, though short-lived, impact on the fertility of Miami women. In addition, fertility effects are found to vary by homeownership …

In this paper we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place … in lower fertility. This conclusion is robust to alternative model specifications and data sets. Our results imply that … individual fertility decisions are affected by role models or information about other ways of life promoted by media. …

This paper studies the effect of women's higher education on fertility outcomes in Ethiopia. We exploit an abrupt … higher education reform, we find that education lowers fertility by 8% and increases the likelihood of never giving birth by … 25%. We explore the role of potential underlying mechanisms and find that this negative effect on fertility is channeled …

models and their statues may attribute to this gender gap in academic performance. …