In this paper we argue that the fertility decline that began around 1880 had substantial positive effects on the health … that the fertility decline is a neglected source of the rapid improvement in health in the first half of the twentieth … century. -- Fertility decline ; heights of children ; health in Britain …

fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … such will reduce aggregate fertility and may raise aggregate household savings. They argue further that public pensions, as … the policies under discussion. Their policy proposals to address declines in fertility and productivity growth include the …

conceptualised as occurring in response to the realisation that an individual is unlikely to achieve his or her intended fertility … analytical framework which enables us to analyse increases in planned fertility separately from decreases. This allows us to … determinants of increases in planned fertility are not simply equal and opposite to the determinants of decreases. …