and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …

, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation and dissolution; and fertility. The paper also comments on the growing …

data from Turkey and leveraging an education reform which increased mandatory schooling by three years, we find that the …

-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …

This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …

decisions women and their husbands make vis-à-vis procreation, along with fertility correlates such as age and education level …Three important interconnected spheres shape women’s lives in Tunisia: marriage, fertility and agency over their lives …

increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent … control pill and women's control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and …