Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend … Italy display lower fertility rates than France, the United Kongdom, and the Scandinavian countries. All countries use some …. Although these measures are mainly motivated by equity considerations, they will generally also have an impact on fertility. …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …"This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …

national debt, government budget deficits and taxes, on fertility decisions over the business cycle. A rise in the debt …-GDP ratio, government spending-GDP ratio and the deficit-GDP ratio reduces fertility. On the other hand, a fall in the tax … revenues-GDP ratio is associated with lower fertility rates. These results hold even after controlling for other potential …

The causal effects of fertility are a central focus in the social sciences, but the analysis is challenged by the … endogeneity of fertility choices. Earlier work has proposed several "natural experiments" from twin births or gender composition … rare (twins) and weak (gender composition) instrumental variables for fertility. This paper proposes a new "natural …

earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …