the laissez-faire solution in a pure market economy, and in one where reproductive decisions and intra-family transfers … are constrained by self-enforcing family constitutions. Section 5 introduces the state, and shows that first and second … rather than family level. Another type of model looks for voting equilibria in direct, and in representative democracies. …

autonomy. Women who are exposed to the reform are more likely to have met their husbands outside of family networks, they are … the continuation of the family blood line. These results indicate that educational attainment can alter behaviors and …

their children. According to another, such negotiations are made unnecessary by self-enforcing family rules. Fertility … working-age people to man the physical capital and materially take care of the elderly. The link between fertility- and aging …

are: (i) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (ii) the decline in agricultural employment and the rise …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …

I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous … transfers. For the economy at large, high-fertility unskilled immigrants and a lowfertility indigenous population result in … ; redistribution ; ethnic diversity ; fertility ; human capital ; economic growth …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …

multicultural public schools to private education increases private educational expenditures and, as a result, decreases fertility … society. -- Public education ; private education ; integration ; fertility ; human capital …

To design an optimal education policy, it is essential to account for the fertility differential between the poor and … economy. It is very important to consider general equilibrium effects because the change in either fertility behavior or … fertility behavior, especially differential fertility substantially underestimates the role of credit constraints in the economy …