not a strictly binding constraint. To investigate whether such adjustments could apply to fertility, we estimate the … fertility cost of temperature shocks by shifting conception month. This dynamic adjustment helps explain the observed decline in … on our analysis of historical changes in the temperature-fertility relationship, we conclude air conditioning could be …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0 7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …

effects of endogenous inputs, such as prenatal care, maternal age, and fertility, on birth weight are investigated. I …, maternal age, and fertility. I find that OLS underestimates the gains to prenatal care by a factor of 9.4 for blacks, about 3 …

19th century in the United States. We construct new measures of fertility changes and measures of railroad access at the … county level from 1850 - 1890. We are able to document market-access-induced changes in fertility due to both extensive … margins (shifts in occupations with different average fertility rates) and intensive margins (changes in fertility within each …

Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend … Italy display lower fertility rates than France, the United Kongdom, and the Scandinavian countries. All countries use some …. Although these measures are mainly motivated by equity considerations, they will generally also have an impact on fertility. …