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 …

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 …

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 …

situated at all wealth levels, the relevant downstream effects of schooling - measured by fertility, literacy and employment … reduced fertility through policy induced education, while there are almost no effects of additional education for non …-poor women. Our findings help in evaluating the generalisability of the nexus between women's education and fertility as well as …

higher-order fertility. I use a differences-in-differences design to investigate the introduction of a German law in 2001 …

no effects on second-order fertility. While the reform slightly changes the selection of mothers, this has little impact …