The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a … bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. …

Historically, there is clear evidence of an inverse relationship between female labour supply and fertility. However …, the relationship across countries is now positive. Countries like Germany and Italy, with the lowest fertility, also have … female labour supply and higher fertility …

ages of first-time brides and grooms. We show that modeling the marriage decision in this simple way is sufficient to … previous literature on this topic claims that marriage is a waiting game in which women are choosier than men, and old and rich … show that their shorter biological clocks make women uniformly less choosy than men of the same age. This turns marriage …