the earlier contributions, and using them to place the current state of the theory in perspective. One of its aims is to …

Temporal work flexibility is often viewed as means to improve the reconciliation of family and work. By exploiting … burden. It is accommodated by reductions in regenerative time and leisure which makes a reconciliation of family and work …

experiments in the area of family planning. This paper evaluates an ongoing family planning program experiment in rural Bangladesh …. The paper estimates the effect of mothers' program exposure on fertility and children's time allocation. The results show … that while the program was effective in reducing fertility, it had no significant impact on children's school enrollment …

, on fertility decisions and labour supply of native females in Germany. Specifcally, we consider individual data of native …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …, compounded with isolation from extended family, markets, and social infrastructure, constrained female opportunities outside the …

This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes … employment have long-lasting eects on life decisions, life satisfaction, and income due to their interaction with fertility …

children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …