Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However …, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that fertility has limited …

We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … child. We then show that female empowerment has the potential to promote the transition from a state of high fertility, low … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child …