surveys in 1993-94 and 2004-05. Although total fertility rates have declined for the country as a whole and for all states …

discriminatory practices affected fertility and sex-specific mortality during infancy and childhood during economic crises in an area … economic stress, fertility, and sex ratios at baptism: high-price years were followed by a decline in the number of registered … economic stress, mortality, and sex ratios at death. Using death registers further supports this interpretation, since our …

This study examines the relationship between fertility decline and the reversal/narrowing of the gender gap in literacy … fertility would make girls more likely to live in a single-sex family, which in turn increases the share of human capital … exogenous variation in fertility due to China's family planning policy. Utilising the policy intensity information collected …

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …

fertility and infant mortality rate …

late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

In response to the wide-ranging consequences of falling fertility rates, governments across high-income countries are … attractive as potential partners. The positive effects on female fertility may be attributed to education improving the …

of gender on the trade-off between education and fertility for 86 French counties during the 19th century. Endogeneity … particular, we find the existence of a significant and negative association between education and fertility. Further, while … gauging the effect of schooling on fertility, the short-run differences between male and female appear to be small whilst the …