endogenous fertility wherein children are valued both as consumption and investment goods. Our focus is strictly on the pension …

Korea by studying fertility levels and trends over the last three decades. Using as many estimates of total fertility as … estimation methods, we show that the demographic data from North Korea are remarkably consistent for the study of fertility …. Total fertility in North Korea declined from about 3.0 children per woman in 1980 to about 2.0 in 1998 and remained around …

quarter for education. Fertility decreased slightly, to 1.99 children per woman. As the proportion of women of reproductive … age in the population also fell and the total population increased, this fertility decline was associated with a decrease …

investigate the impact of two start-up programs on long-run labor market and fertility outcomes of female participants. We find … situations. The impact on fertility is less detrimental than for traditional ALMP programs. …

explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British …. This pattern is consistent with the fertility behavior emerging during the second demographic transition and provides new … insights into low and late fertility. …

fertility behaviour in this population. …

immigration. Although fertility transition to replacement level among certain societal groups has been previously shown, the … marital and fertility transitions and non-transitions among various groups of this heterogeneous society, and to compare …. Emancipative value change, postponement of marriage, alternative living arrangements and a growing variety of fertility regimes …