women in villages affected by civil conflict increased their actual and desired fertility during the conflict by 22 percent …, while child height-for-age declined by 11 to 13 percent. Supporting evidence suggests that the temporary fertility increase …

trend in fertility as non-affected villages prior to the onset of conflict and employ a difference-in-differences estimator …. We find that women in affected villages increased their actual and desired fertility during the conflict by 22 percent …, while child height-for-age declined by 11 to 13 percent. Supporting evidence suggests that the temporary fertility increase …

This article discusses son preference in India, including both greater investment in sons and the fertility preference … eldest sons, whom parents favor, and other sons. Fertility preferences likewise center on eldest sons. The desire to have at …

fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …