environments characterized by fixed resources, endogenous fertility, and full information. Individuals in our environment are fully … et al. (2007). We also show that efficient allocation in the endogenous fertility case differs significantly from its … exogenous fertility counterpart. In particular, optimal steady state population is proportional to the amount of fixed resources …

We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … partnered, and that these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility …

We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility penalty to job …

We examine the dynamic interaction of the population age structure, economic dependency, and fertility, paying … particular attention to the role of intergenerational transfers. In the short run, a reduction in fertility produces a quot … probabilistic fashion. We show that most highly developed countries have fertility below the rate that maximizes steady state …

fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility: one by …-age transfers. The effect of increases in government provided pensions on fertility in the Barro and Becker model is very small …, whereas the effect on fertility in the Boldrin and Jones model is sizeable and accounts for between 55 and 65% of the observed …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …

This paper examines how women's fertility responds to increases in their earnings and household wealth using six … cost of childbearing and that this will lower fertility, we find that an increase in the profits of female business …-owners in Ethiopia and Togo results in them having more children. We also observe a positive fertility response to increases in …

fertility decisions. Specifically, we employ a regression discontinuity design based on the college admission system to estimate …

higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …