We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to … fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart …

in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women's education on fertility in rural China by difference …

suggest that these impacts were also observed when considering maternal mortality, though effects are less precisely estimated. …

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 …

propose an econometric model that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, for the heterogeneity … of the effects of children and their correlation with the fertility decisions, and for the correlation of sequential … ; education ; endogenous fertility decisions ; heterogeneous children effects ; multinomial probit model ; Gibbs sampler …

previous studies from the United States, where home visiting programs successfully increased employment and decreased fertility …

employment, school attendance, child care use, fertility, life-satisfaction and well-being. Biannual telephone interviews with … that the intervention increases fertility and maternal life-satisfaction and well-being, whereas the treatment does not … US where home visiting programs decreased fertility. …