environments characterized by fixed resources, endogenous fertility, and full information. Individuals in our environment are fully … et al. (2007). We also show that efficient allocation in the endogenous fertility case differs significantly from its … exogenous fertility counterpart. In particular, optimal steady state population is proportional to the amount of fixed resources …

The relationship between income, cost of childrearing and fertility is of considerable political and theoretical … fertility. The variation comes from a regional child benefit and tax reform implemented in the northern municipalities of the … group. Individual-level multivariate analysis suggests that a reduced direct cost of children increases fertility, mainly …

organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They …

We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility penalty to job …

fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the …

We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … partnered, and that these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility …

fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility: one by …-age transfers. The effect of increases in government provided pensions on fertility in the Barro and Becker model is very small …, whereas the effect on fertility in the Boldrin and Jones model is sizeable and accounts for between 55 and 65% of the observed …

We examine the dynamic interaction of the population age structure, economic dependency, and fertility, paying … particular attention to the role of intergenerational transfers. In the short run, a reduction in fertility produces a quot … probabilistic fashion. We show that most highly developed countries have fertility below the rate that maximizes steady state …