policy to influence fertility behaviour and preferences. For effective implementation of such programmes, media plays a … fertility behaviour by an increase in contraceptive use through a mass media campaign. The childbearing dynamics of women is …

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 … contraception or age-specific fertility. The dearth of long-run family planning experiments has led economists to consider …

, affect fertility. We use a comprehensive, nonpublic, individual-level panel dataset that includes fertility histories and … positive effect on fertility, with the mean level of child subsidies producing a 7.8 percent increase in fertility. The … positive effect of child subsidies on fertility is concentrated in the bottom half of the income distribution. It is present …

proportion to existing fertility levels (grandfathering) instead of being allocated equally, population control can be made even …

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 … contraception or age-specific fertility. The dearth of long-run family planning experiments has led economists to consider …

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the … total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among … economists, policymakers, and the wider public about the economic consequences of low fertility and population decline. In this …

affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship …Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of …

local Chinese governments on different dates. Using China's 2015 population census combined with a difference … of the policy is more pronounced among couples who have higher fertility preferences and who are less sensitive to child …