fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the …

which have occurred over the past decades; delayed entry into marriage and decline in fertility levels across both developed … marriage timing and fertility level differences using both economic and cultural factors. The results indicate that economic … denomination of countries. Religious denomination is also an important indicator of fertility level differences among both …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … find that the policies exacerbated the motherhood penalty in labor market outcomes and that they affected fertility choices …

, social class, and fertility in southern Sweden, 1766-1865 / Tommy Bengtsson and Martin Dribe -- Economic change and … differential fertility in rural eastern Belgium, 1812-1875 / George Alter, Muriel Neven, Michel Oris -- Patterns of reproductive … reproduction in northeastern China, 1789 to 1840 / Wang Feng, Cameron Campbell, James Z. Lee -- Differences and similarities …

pioneering work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in eighteen high-income nations to show how they …