This study examines the relationship between fertility decline and the reversal/narrowing of the gender gap in literacy … fertility would make girls more likely to live in a single-sex family, which in turn increases the share of human capital … exogenous variation in fertility due to China's family planning policy. Utilising the policy intensity information collected …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …

This paper examines the effect of national income on the total fertility rate (children born per woman). We estimate … the effects on fertility of shocks to national per capita income using plausibly exogenous variations in oil price shock … negative and significant effect on the total fertility rate. Looking at the entire spectrum of the fertility distribution, the …

The effects of pension policies on fertility have been examined in the overlapping generations (OLG) model of unitary … examines how the pension policy affects the endogenous fertility of a bargaining couple who have different lifespans. The … analysis finds out a new channel of pension policy on fertility decisions: an increase in pension size affects fertility not …