This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number ofchildren. Higher skilled women have less disutility of labor and have relatively lessutility of raising children. Motherhood has a negative effect on the accumulation ofhuman capital by learning-by-doing and...

An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...

In this paper we analyze to what extent births may lead to changes in economic wellbeing. In contrast to most previous studies on this issue we apply appropriate econometric techniques based on longitudinal micro data in order to identify the causal effects of child bearing events on income. We...