-specific differences in behavior. In this study, we examine how the effects of unemployment on fertility vary by socio …, our results show that there are strong educational gradients in the unemployment and fertility nexus, and that the … relationship between unemployment and fertility varies by socioeconomic group. Fertility tends to be lower during periods of …

This study investigates the interaction of the use of modern contraceptives, fertility, education, and long-run growth … economy, in which modern contraceptives are not used and fertility is high, gradually converges towards a high growth regime … fertility transition and the convergence to steady growth. Utility enhancing sexual intercourse provides a “natural” explanation …

annuity market with actuarially fair return, imposing the optimum fertility rate and the optimum survival rate leads the …

Using the 1995–2011 March Current Population Survey and 1970–2000 Census data, we find that the fertility, education … positively affected by the immigrant generation’s levels of these variables, with the effect of the fertility and labor supply of … present some evidence that suggests our findings for fertility and labor supply are due at least in part to intergenerational …

endogenous fertility, endogenous labor supply and endogenous size of government spending. Family policies which concern childcare … explain differences in household decisions between countries. The solution shows a U-shaped relationship between fertility and …-shaped curve, a decrease in the discrimination level implies a related increase in fertility, women's participation in the labor …

at marriage, fertility rate, and sex ratio at birth, we rank countries according to the Missing Brides Index. …

We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of the recent fertility … rebound observed in several OECD countries, we empirically test the impact of different family policy settings on fertility … fertility than leave entitlements and benefits granted around childbirth. Our findings are robust once controlling for birth …

model of fertility and labor market decisions that builds on the labor matching framework of Mortensen and Pissarides (1994 … the welfare of males. Leave policies have important effects on fertility, leave taking decisions, and employment. These … take a leave, leave policies effectively subsidize fertility and leave taking. We also find that generous paid parental …