The age at which women become mothers for the first time is ever increasing in many industrialized countries. Therefore …, fertility determinants that might deteriorate with age, such as health, and their effect on reproductive patterns, should be … probability of entering motherhood. Based on estimating linear discrete-time hazard models using survey data from Germany, we do …

Fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels in many economies. We examine the relationship between female … incomes and fertility for college graduates in the United States. Female income is likely endogenous to fertility, and … procedure to estimate two-sided bounds for the effect of female income on fertility. The effect of female income on fertility is …

choice of occupation and partner. This results in a stronger response to motherhood in labor market outcomes. As a relevant …