This paper studies the effects of import competition from China and Eastern Europe (EE) on the fertility decisions of … import competition to longitudinal individual data to examine individual fertility. Two separate measures of import exposure … remarkably during the panel years. Fixed-effects instrumental variable (FEIV) estimation results show that individual fertility …

, without changes in marriage, fertility, psychological distress, or household consumption. …

whole. Research has focused on the effect postponing fertility has on the labor market outcomes for mothers and on the total … force participation and wages but may have negative effects on overall fertility, especially in the absence of supportive …

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy … women's layoffs; reductions in fertility associated with men's layoffs; and increases in fertility associated with women …

due to Chinese import competition lead to a move towards family, with higher rates of fertility, parental leave, and … marriage, as well as lower rates of divorce. This move is driven by women, not men. We document substantial long-run earnings …-earning women in their late 30s contribute strongly to the gender difference in fertility because switching to new comparable …