of schooling on completed fertility, probability of being childless and age at first birth, using the within MZ twins … methodology. We find strong cross-sectional associations between schooling and the fertility outcomes and some evidence that more … the effect of women’s schooling on completed fertility is not mediated through husband’s schooling but rather through age …

fertility using U.S. Census data over the period 1940-2000. This correlation is not spurious, nor does it reflect the tendency … results reflect the sorting of married couples across metropolitan areas on desired fertility. The relationship between the … unit price of living space and fertility in fact tends to be more negative for households that have moved recently. However …

income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households … other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility …

economic factors drive contraceptive adoption and change. We investigate the channels through which the relationship between … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and …

marriage and motherhood. -- abortion ; contraception ; fertility ; marriage …

implications for the development of the fertility rate and population in post- pandemic Iran. …

We estimate the effects of college education on female fertility - a so far understudied margin of education, which we … effect on fertility. Coupled with higher labor-supply and wage returns for nonmothers as compared to mothers the timing …