government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …

Is the persistently high fertility in West Africa today rooted in the decades of forced labor migration under colonial …, and lower realized and desired fertility today. We show evidence suggesting that the inherited pattern of low … rule out women's empowerment or improvements in human and physical capital as pathways for the fertility decline. These …

There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines … the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1981 and 1991. We … find that women's education is the most important factor explaining fertility differences across the country and over time …

There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines … the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1981 and 1991. We … find that women's education is the most important factor explaining fertility differences across the country and over time …

Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …

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

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 …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …