first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

examined using the Current Population Surveys) having a girl has a more positive effect on fertility for those whose source … headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … immigrants and natives. Among the population in the aggregate, as well as among the native-born separately, consistent with Dahl …

. It discusses some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union … dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. The … literature on immigrant family formation is diverse but perhaps the key findings highlighted in this chapter are that outcomes …

Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies … find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist … period 1975 to 2010, we analyze both the short and long-run effects of unemployment on fertility. We follow fixed cohorts of …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college …

marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility,"NBER Chapters,in: Topics in Demography and the EconomyNational Bureau of Economic …This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …

We study the effects of state and federal dependent health insurance mandates on marriage rates of young adults, ages … increased insurance coverage rates, but also came with unintended implications for the marriage decisions of young adults …. Almost all state mandates explicitly prohibited marriage as a condition of eligibility, thereby directly discouraging …

earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life … and family expectations help explain human capital choices. …