. The base life expectancy of Oman is assumed to be 73 years and the base total fertility considered as 5.1 children per … woman. Findings – Depending upon the achievement of replacement fertility by the year 2025 or 2030 or 2035 the population of … assumptions about mortality, fertility, base life expectancy and migration. If these assumptions change then the projections will …

Purpose – This paper aims to examine certain factors that have contributed to the decline in fertility in the countries …/methodology/approach – Using data from the 2008 UAE Household Expenditure Survey, this paper analyzes the determinants of fertility using a Poisson … fertility count model. Findings – The results show that economic factors, in terms of the costs and benefits that families …

The transition of contraception use in Colombia was an important moment when health and fertility were tightly … contraception. Younger women displayed discontinuous behavior with a large proportion of total fertility (which itself has been …

This paper addresses the estimation of peer group effects on a fertility decision. The peer group is composed of …

children in Italy, where a very low fertility rate may be observed. Design/methodology/approach – Since the number of children … authors use also partner's education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero … her fertility rate in the Italian case. In those frameworks, the education variable is usually considered as a control …

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an …

fertility through two complementary channels. For households at the top of the wealth distribution, the effect manifests as a … reduction in excess fertility, which is more pronounced among lower-educated women due to their lower likelihood of using …

This paper examines the impact of early-life radiation exposure on adult fertility using a dynamic difference …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes … employment have long-lasting eects on life decisions, life satisfaction, and income due to their interaction with fertility …

fertility for individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, particularly women. In the marriage market, the reform changed the …