Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic … the analysis on two datasets: the American Community Survey and the Fertility Supplement of the Current Population Survey …

This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging - one with higher subjective well-being for men …

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging - one with higher subjective well-being for men …

influx of the soldiers into the marriage market suddenly tipped the balance in favor of women. We have found that men subject …

consistent with the view that greater sex imbalance exerts larger pressure on men in the marriage market, leading to changes in …

the role of opportunities separately from that of preferences. We find that both women and men equally value physical …

-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …