fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …

A large number of pairs of countries exhibit a dynamic pattern in which: (i) Fertility in both countries declines … across time; (ii) Initially one country has higher fertility and lower per-capita income compared to the other; (iii) In time …, as per-capita income converges, fertility rates in the poorer country become lower than in the richer one.This paper …

intergenerational mobility? We study these questions with particular interest in the impact of two family choices: fertility and … transfers. Fertility rates, which are higher for low-income than high-income families, are associated with differences in the … level of resources available for children's education. To evaluate the quantitative importance of fertility and family …