This study discusses fertility trends and variation in countries that have completed the transition from high to around-replacement fertility in the 1950s-1980s - especially in Europe, East Asia and North America - and summarises the key findings that are relevant for the countries with a more...

Pro-life advocates focus on a single entity, the foetus. Pro-choice advocates focus on another single entity, the pregnant mother. There should also be a third focus, on all people already born on how a new entrant on average damages (or enhances) the whole community. Communal accounts are...

This study uses Fehr, Jokisch, and Kotlikoffs̕ (2004a) dynamic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of changes in fertility and mortality on the developed worlds̕ demographic transition. The model features three regions the U.S., Japan, and the EU-15 and incorporates age- and...