In this paper, we use twin birth as an instrument to estimate the effects of fertility on female labor force …

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 …

-intensive sectors. Consequently, globalization leads to opposite effects on the couple's labor supply and fertility decisions in capital … induces empirically observed declines in fertility rates throughout the world. …

labor force participation gap), married and single women’s labor force participation (the marriage gap), and mothers’ and …

fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times. Given the theoretical ambiguity, the … investigate whether the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers affects fertility in post-conflict settings. We study the case … peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the deployment period. Furthermore, peacekeeping improves child health and fosters …