fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased … results suggest that electrification contributes substantially to the fertility decline. In a context in which family planning …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian …

fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased … results suggest that electrification contributes substantially to the fertility decline. In a context in which family planning …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian …

fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased … results suggest that electrification contributes substantially to the fertility decline. In a context in which family planning …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in … capita and child mortality on fertility rates are non-robust and inconsistent with the predictions of the unified growth …

. Bedouin households, especially in non-recognized villages, were found to have much less access to infrastructure compared to … indirect effect toward the completion of schooling, thus keeping mothers’ fertility relatively high and reducing education … mechanisms it seems that government intervention in infrastructure may yield a high social return and help interrupt the vicious …

Economic explanations for the fertility transition focus on the role of returns to schooling, especially for women … for additional births Declines in fertility have proceeded unevenly, first across the high income countries, and more … recently across the low income countries. The cross sectional differentials in fertility are also frequently analyzed in …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

We examine the evolution of infrastructure, and the impact of infrastructure investment, in middleincome countries … (MICs). We document how different types of infrastructure stocks, as well as infrastructure investment, vary with the level … provision of infrastructure varies across development stages; there is a focus on basic infrastructure, such as transport, water …

We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …