Over the past century fertility behavior in the United Stated has undergone profound changes Measured by cohort … fertility the average number of children per married woman had declined from about 5.5 children at the time of the Civil War to … took place in the dispersion of fertility among these women: the percentage of women with, say, seven or more children …

Over the past century fertility behavior in the United Stated has undergone profound changes Measured by cohort … fertility the average number of children per married woman had declined from about 5.5 children at the time of the Civil War to … took place in the dispersion of fertility among these women: the percentage of women with, say, seven or more children …

contains detailed information about contraceptive methods adopted in those years, with especial emphasis on sterilizations. I … sterilized. I find a large use of sterilizations as a contraceptive method between 1995 and 1997: more than 36% of women that … used a contraceptive method were sterilized. I also find that a large percentage of women were not adequately informed …

This paper examines whether monetary policy pass-through to mortgage interest rates affects household fertility …

This paper examines whether monetary policy pass-through to mortgage rates affects household fertility decisions. Using …