conservative areas were more likely to delay fertility/marriage and to accumulate human capital in the long run. We then show how …This paper presents new causal evidence on the "power" of oral contraceptives in shaping women's lives, leveraging the … 1970 liberalization of the Pill for minors in the Netherlands and demand- and supply-side religious preferences that …

fertility among minor women, aged 21 or younger, for whom access restrictions were most drastically lifted. We then evaluate how … examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …We investigate how religious beliefs affected the take up of the birth control pill and impacted women's outcomes using …

conservative areas were more likely to delay fertility/marriage and to accumulate human capital in the long run. We then show how …This paper presents new causal evidence on the "power" of oral contraceptives in shaping women's lives, leveraging the … 1970 liberalization of the Pill for minors in the Netherlands and demand- and supply-side religious preferences that …

Population policies are defined here as voluntary programs which help people control their fertility and expect to … improve their lives. There are few studies of the long-run effects of policy-induced changes in fertility on the welfare of … women, such as policies that subsidize the diffusion and use of best practice birth control technologies. Evaluation of the …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … evidence that import competition affected fertility decisions. The results highlight the role of gains from joint consumption … in marriage formation. …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … evidence that import com-petition affected fertility decisions. The results highlight the role of gains from joint consumption … in marriage formation. …

Survey Marriage and Fertility Supplements. … for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … evidence that import competition affected fertility decisions. The results highlight the role of gains from joint consumption … in marriage formation …

after mar- riage, and about 37% of Pakistani married women give birth to their first child within twelve months of marriage …An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct … fertility effects of peo- ple getting the virus may be minor, the impact of delayed marriages due to the first preventive …