This paper develops a theory of fertility that offers an explanation for the persistence of poverty within and across … countries. If educated individuals have a comparative advantage in raising educated children then parental fertility choice is … shown to give rise to a poverty trap, in which the poor choose high fertility rates with low investment in child quality …

This paper incorporates the timing of childbearing into a growth model with endogenous fertility. It analyzes a model …

Declining maternal fertility desire has been recognized as a key factor in understanding China’s sharp drop in realized … fertility. Using results from a nationally representative survey, this paper presents the first causal evidence on the relation … between maternal education and fertility desire in China. Our triple-difference strategy exploits the staggered implementation …

Sub-Saharan Africa exhibits higher fertility and lower education than other world regions. Economic and demographic … theory posit that these phenomena are linked, with slow fertility decline connected to slow education growth among both …, fertility, and child education in female birth cohorts surrounding the onset of the region's fertility transition. Fertility …

in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women's education on fertility in rural China by difference …

Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for …

In response to the wide-ranging consequences of falling fertility rates, governments across high-income countries are … attractive as potential partners. The positive effects on female fertility may be attributed to education improving the …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … find that the policies exacerbated the motherhood penalty in labor market outcomes and that they affected fertility choices …