Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per … (HNP) note explores the actions Nepal has taken to reduce maternal and child mortality. …

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico …. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico which decriminalised and subsidised early-term elective abortion …, multiple other Mexican states increased sanctions on illegal abortion. We observe that the original progressive policy resulted …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …

values transmit into abortion laws. This fertility behaviour determines the time when young women have their first live birth …Religion Predicting Fertility Behaviour of Young Women in Contemporary GermanyReligion in contemporary Germany is … marked by institutionalized outreach as well as increased pluralisation. Religion can thus play a decisive role in fertility …

legal access to contraception and abortion. I present a new review of changes in the historical policy environment in the …