Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …-up remains puzzlingly low, even among educated populations with healthcare access. We study a barrier to hormonal contraceptive … trial with female undergraduates at the flagship university in Zambia to test two interventions to increase contraceptive …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. The … the host country. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … the host country. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. With … regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions, and the timing of union … formation. Marriage propensities are embedded in the cultural background of migrants and, hence, the capacity to form and …

fertility through two complementary channels. For households at the top of the wealth distribution, the effect manifests as a … reduction in excess fertility, which is more pronounced among lower-educated women due to their lower likelihood of using …

Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies … find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist … period 1975 to 2010, we analyze both the short and long-run effects of unemployment on fertility. We follow fixed cohorts of …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

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 …