Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and …

increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent … pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and …

This paper explores in some detail urban areas as the place of origin of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa … by examining recent data on levels and trends of fertility and patterns of fertility by age in a number of countries … contributing to the differentials in fertility. …

fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality. We … the Globo signal have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and … for women in the central and late phases of their fertility cycle, consistent with stopping behavior. The result is robust …