need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … childbearing and had fewer children overall. Fewer women had three or more children, and a larger share remained childless. We …

We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U ….S. Fertility declined on the intensive margin as expected. However, despite the increasing value of having at least one child, a … larger share of women remained childless. We explain these findings with a new theory of fertility that includes fertility …

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 …

need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … childbearing and had fewer children overall. Fewer women had three or more children, and a larger share remained childless. We …

capita spending (per woman, age 15–44). State-level covariates comprised: Title X and Medicaid per capita funding, fertility …