affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …

increase in fertility. …

Rising public pension generosity has frequently been cited as one reason for the (persistently) declining fertility … rates in many advanced economies. Despite the theoretical appeal, empirical evidence on the pension-fertility nexus is … limited. To fill this gap, I study country-level fertility trends before and after 23 pension reforms using a long-run panel …

This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions … clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of …'s position is to encourage fertility behavior and discourage birth control practices among women at prime childbearing ages. …

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …

The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in … many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by … structural aspects of work types, as fertility-related social protection there does not discriminate between self-employment and …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …

undesirable, and where there is imperfect fertility control, leading to involuntary childlessness/parenthood. Using an equivalent … consumption approach in the consumption-fertility space, we first show that the identification of the worst-off individuals is not … robust to how the social evaluator fixes the reference fertility level. Adopting the ex post egalitarian social criterion …