headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …

after China's 1980 one-child law. The results indicate that fertility in China declined by about 1.2-1.4 births per woman as … important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility …

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 …

lengthening in spacing, the standard fertility rates substantially overestimated how fast cohort fertility fell. Despite a … convergence, cohort fertility is still 10%–20% higher than the fertility rate and above replacement level for all but the best …

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 …

-selective abortions and have the lowest fertility. Women with less education have substantially higher fertility and do not appear to use … sex selection. Predicted lifetime fertility for high-education women declined more than 10% between 1985-1994, when sex …This paper addresses two main questions: what is the relationship between fertility and sex selection and how does …