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 …

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 …

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 …

This study tests five hypotheses concerning trends in gender differences in accidents mortality and accident …-related behavior, using data for the US, UK, France, Italy, and Japan, 1950-98. As predicted by the Convergence Hypothesis, gender …, for many types of accidents mortality, gender differences were stable or increased; these trends often resulted from the …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions … reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more …