Alesina, Alberto (contributor); Giuliano, Paola (contributor) - 2006
Using the birth certificates data from the Vital Statistics of the USA between 1968 and 1999, we construct state level … panel data of different measures of fertility and examine the change in divorce laws. Total fertility declined in states … out-of-wedlock fertility. We suggest an explanation (and provide supportive evidence for it) based upon the effect of …