This paper studies the effect of women's higher education on fertility outcomes in Ethiopia. We exploit an abrupt … higher education reform, we find that education lowers fertility by 8% and increases the likelihood of never giving birth by … 25%. We explore the role of potential underlying mechanisms and find that this negative effect on fertility is channeled …

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

currently has the lowest total fertility rate in the world. In this paper, we propose a theory with status externalities and … endogenous fertility that connects these two facts. Using a quantitative heterogeneous-agent model calibrated to Korea, we find … that fertility would be 16% higher in the absence of the status externality and that childlessness in the poorest quintile …

school entry cut-off give birth at higher age, but total fertility and earnings are unaffected. Being born after the cut …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … fertility and female labour market participation, negative until the mid-1970s, has turned positive where developed, but not …