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 …

fertility. Fixed effects regressions indicate a $4 increase in per capita public health education spending or a $37 increase in …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 …

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

systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home … separated from leaving home in the USA. We also find a different impact of level of education and employment status on leaving …

those in Finland and the United States. Specifically, we assess whether the relationship between education and mortality is … modified by marital status. Although high education and being married are associated with lower mortality in all three … by education are largest for Bulgarian men, but in relative terms educational differences are smaller among Bulgarian men …

-related behavior, using data for the US, UK, France, Italy, and Japan, 1950-98. As predicted by the Convergence Hypothesis, gender …