that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality …In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation …'s awareness of gender equality can reduce inequality between boys and girls at the household level. We estimate these effects …

replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in … remain at lowest-low rates of about 1.3 children per woman. Looking at time-use and fertility trends for a few representative …This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed …

The birth of children often shifts the power balance within a family. If family decisions are made according to the … birth of children may differ from the ex-ante optimal choice. In a model of cooperative decision making within a family, we … show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …

I employ the twin-first methodology to analyze the exogenous relationship between fertility, gender composition, and … mothers' marital status and labor supply. The regressions are based on the combination of genders and fertility in the first … those with single girl. Comparing with non-twin mothers, holding the same gender, twin mothers have lower probabilities of …