research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal … across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over both fertility and labour … health technologies have muted the familycareer tradeoff primarily by allowing women to time their fertility, policy has not …

We review the foundations of the economic development-contraception nexus, focusing on the pathways through which … development and contraception transitions over time and across geographies. We briefly examine the evidence of the role of … fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and …

Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …

legal access to contraception and abortion. I present a new review of changes in the historical policy environment in the …