Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … drawing conclusions about the relevance of institutional factors for fertility and employment decisions. Our results suggest …

fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … such will reduce aggregate fertility and may raise aggregate household savings. They argue further that public pensions, as … the policies under discussion. Their policy proposals to address declines in fertility and productivity growth include the …