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 …

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 …

This paper examines the effectiveness of the public health education and poverty relief programs prior to the New Deal … been unable to econometrically estimate their impact across a large set of cities. Data on municipal health education and … estimates suggesting that it was primarily spending on health education which led to lower infant and child mortality during the …