fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility: one by …-age transfers.The effect of increases in government provided pensions on fertility in the Barro and Becker model is very small …, whereas the effect on fertility in the Boldrin and Jones model is sizeable and accounts for between 55 and 65% of the observed …

We study the aggregate gap between intended and actual fertility in 20 countries in Europe and the United States … data on completed or almost completed fertility in the same cohorts later in life when they were aged 40 and older. In … addition, we analyze the aggregate intentions-fertility gap among women with different educational attainment. Our exploration …