combination of purchased and own care, the effect of income on fertility is ambiguous, even if quantity of children is a normal … income effect on fertility is positive when quantity is a normal good. (iii) If, on the other hand, there only is own care …, there is a different kind of quantity quality trade off. The income effect on fertility is positive if quantity is a closer …

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

their fertility choices in the context of son-preference in rural India. We use the NFHS-3 data and exploit the variation in … counterparts. We find evidence that the fertility increase was a result of women being able to use the stopping rule more … allowed women to increase fertility to realize her son preference …

agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …