biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male … breadwinner" model of specialisation appears to have buffered the stresses associated with childrearing, whereas fertility off the …

explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British …. This pattern is consistent with the fertility behavior emerging during the second demographic transition and provides new … insights into low and late fertility. …

We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of labor supply, fertility and savings, incorporating occupational choices, with … occupational choice and desired fertility, as well as the sorting both into the labor market and across occupations. We quantify … encourage fertility and show that they are considerably smaller than short-run effects. …

partnership processes, but also give good predictions when compared to more recent fertility indicators. We conclude that the …