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interaction with child quantity-quality substitution, a decline in fertility. Using unique new data for 21 OECD countries over the … technological progress on investments in education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess … increase of enrollment in primary and secondary school is associated with a decline of the general fertility rate by 3 to 4 …
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This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
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Does the number of future anticipated children affect educational investment in parents-to-be? In theory, anticipated children can affect the returns to education, the resources available for family consumption, and the incentives for pre-marital investment. Changes in the eligibility criteria...
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Alike most of the Western world, the Danish fertility rate declined throughout the 20th century simultaneous to … economic growth. This development, which conflicts with economic intuition, has been denoted the fertility paradox, and several … the fertility rate during the years 1982 to 2004. Several factors commonly believed to explain the variation in the …
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This study provides the first empirical evidence of the causal impact of fertility outcomes on old-age labor supply, by … exogenous instruments of fertility. The results show strong impact of children on preventing old parents from strenuous works at …
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The study contributes in analytical description of spatial diffusion of fertility, in particular, influenced by labour … market due to commuting, which, in turn, affects fertility. The analytical model, decomposing spatial interaction of … fertility and commuting, is constructed on the base of a model of the demand for children, spatial stock-flow model, and a …
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with a slow entrance into the sustained fertility decline that characterized the first demographic transition. The South … of fertility is a demographic trend that accompanies regional development, revealing changes in societal values, in the … among young people, and the persistence of emigration. We conclude that the persistence of high fertility levels during …
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