effects, we find that drought occurring in the agricultural season increases the fertility of young women living in …. Analyzing mechanisms, we find that drought does not affect common factors of high fertility such as marriage timing. It operates … can lower the marginal cost of a child and raise fertility. We test this hypothesis using longitudinal data from …

such as droughts can lower the opportunity cost of having children, and raise fertility. Using longitudinal household data … from Madagascar, we estimate the causal effect of drought occurrences on fertility, and explore the nature of potential …. Analyzing the mechanism, we find that droughts have no effect on common underlying factors of high fertility such as marriage …