intact families. Regardless of stepfamily status, timings and levels of fertility for second and third marital births are …This paper compares nonparametric fertility rates for American women in stepfamilies and intact families using data … identical for all women at the same lifetime parity. Fertility patterns are also similar for all first marital births, with the …

During the 1920s and early 1930s, fertility in American municipalities declined overall and with large variation … between areas and across time. Using data for 1923-1932 on fertility and public spending for over 50 large cities, we show … fertility. Fixed effects regressions indicate a $4 increase in per capita public health education spending or a $37 increase in …

Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic … the analysis on two datasets: the American Community Survey and the Fertility Supplement of the Current Population Survey …