improvement in life expectancies. Nevertheless, a crucial variable shaping differences in demographic growth is fertility. In this … paper we identify as important exogenous variables affecting fertility female education levels, infant mortality, and racial …

after China's 1980 one-child law. The results indicate that fertility in China declined by about 1.2-1.4 births per woman as … important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility …

after China's 1980 one-child law. The results indicate that fertility in China declined by about 1.2-1.4 births per woman as … important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility …

changes in fertility, child schooling and lifetime married female labor supply as a consequence of exogenous changes in health … child mortality lead to a modest decline in human capital and increase in fertility, with little effect on married female … labor force involvement. In sharp contrast, reductions in morbidity are found to lower fertility and increase education. The …

growth. Nevertheless, fertility is a variable that plays a crucial role in differences in demographic growth. We identify … infant mortality, female education levels and racial identity as important exogenous variables affecting fertility. It is …

In the period before the onset of demographic transition, when fertility rates were positively associated with income …