the lowest fertility rates in Europe. However, they differ in the level of public support for families and the role of …

Several studies suggest that in Italy in the last decades the negative effect of education on fertility has disappeared … and fertility should be analyzed taking selection bias under control. With this purpose, we developed multiprocess hazard … between education and fertility emerges for the second and higher birth order. The preservation of the traditionalʺ link …

The negative association between fertility and female labour supply is complicated by the endogeneity of fertility. We … nature prevents some women from achieving their desired fertility levels. Despite a widely-documented reduction of female …