We introduce a general framework to analyze the trade-off between education and family size. Our framework incorporates … significant birth order and family size effects in individuals' years of education thereby confirming the presence of a quantity …

We introduce a general framework to analyze the trade-off between education and family size. Our framework incorporates … significant birth order and family size effects in individuals' years of education thereby confirming the presence of a quantity …

possible selective fertility based on labor market conditions. We find that downturns are beneficial; for example, a one …

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 …

, including age, education, marital status, mental health, life satisfaction, optimism, and physical health. Because there might …

This paper tests whether family size has a causal effect on girls' education in Mexico. It exploits son preference as … instrumental variables. Overall, it finds no evidence of family size having an adverse effect on education, once the endogeneity of …

schooling changes as the source of exogenous variation. We impose external estimates of the direct effect of maternal education … findings suggest that the child's probability of post compulsory education decreases when born to a teenage mother, and that …

-friendly occupations. We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of fertility, occupational choice, and labor supply using detailed survey and …-female wage gap as it evolves from labor market entry onward and the effect of pro-fertility policies. We show that a substantial … portion of the gender wage gap is explainable by realized and expected fertility and that the long-run effect of policies …