In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …

such as droughts can lower the opportunity cost of having children, and raise fertility. Using longitudinal household data … from Madagascar, we estimate the causal effect of drought occurrences on fertility, and explore the nature of potential …. Analyzing the mechanism, we find that droughts have no effect on common underlying factors of high fertility such as marriage …

maternal education and two questions are addressed. First, whether the effect of mother education differs inside and outside … camp. Results show a slightly stronger effect of maternal education in the camp for short-to-middle-term health outcomes …, the analysis highlights the role played by maternal education not only as a way to improve child health but also as a …