Fox, Jonathan F.; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2011
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 …