fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline … models explaining these aggregate trends are surveyed. The relentless flow of technological progress and its role in shaping …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …. Macroeconomic models explaining these aggregate trends are surveyed. The relent-less flow of technological progress and its role in …

Micro-level relationships between union formation or dissolution and childbearing have implications for fertility that … variation and change around replacement level fertility. On the one hand, union dissolution reduces opportunities for conceiving …' children. The balance between these two opposing forces and their implications for fertility levels is unknown and will depend …

population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate micro-founded fertility and schooling into … future economic growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all fully developed countries …

Russian governments to influence family formation models and fertility levels, in order to improve the demographic situation … spheres (maternity/paternity leaves, workplace flexibility measures), fertility promotion, childbearing and childcare support …

setup with micro-founded fertility and schooling behavior. We then show how a Beckerian child quality-quantity trade …-run prospects for future economic growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all developed …