fertility rate and the female labour force participation rate across Western European countries. The present paper shows that … this cross-country correlation becomes negative and significant, once one corrects the total fertility rate for a …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …

marriage rates, fertility and educational attainment of women who were affected by the change in law. After the passage of the … law, marriage rates declined sharply, and as a result, fertility declined and educational attainment increased. The … marriage can have significant implications for reducing fertility and increasing educational attainment of women …

Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … in pregnancy-related mortality and the differential exposure by cohort. We find that the decline in maternal mortality is …

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …