This paper examines empirically whether midwifes, as an integral part of the health and family planning programs in … Indonesia, are effective in advising young women to delay their first birth and also influence the decision on post … also stay longer in post-primary school. According to the average returns of education in Indonesia, I conclude that family …

This paper examines empirically whether midwifes, as an integral part of the health and family planning programs in … Indonesia, are effective in advising young women to delay their first birth and also influence the decision on post … also stay longer in post-primary school. According to the average returns of education in Indonesia, I conclude that family …

The paper compares fertility outcomes between women enrolled in HIV clinics and the DHS sample which were both … administered in Yaoundé contemporaneously. Using propensity score matching, I show that fertility outcomes are contingent on age at … the 2007 fee exemption policy as a natural experiment. In an era where UHC and health equity are at the center of the post …

children. This paper examines one aspect of fertility, namely the second birth interval in Indonesia over the period 1970 to …It is generally thought that both the demand for children and the cost of fertility control are major forces in … fertility decline. Most researchers find that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost of …

clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of …This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions … the reform, reproductive-health and family-planning services have been covered under the FMP. To establish causality, we …

births of 63%. This narrowed differences in health between IVF and non- IVF births by 53%, and differences in the labor … market outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health …

This paper studies the effect of women's higher education on fertility outcomes in Ethiopia. We exploit an abrupt … higher education reform, we find that education lowers fertility by 8% and increases the likelihood of never giving birth by … 25%. We explore the role of potential underlying mechanisms and find that this negative effect on fertility is channeled …

estimated in addition to fertility : women's health, earnings and household assets, use of preventive health inputs, and finally … fertility and child mortality. This suggests social returns to this reproductive health program in rural South Asia have many … to 1996 a door-to-door outreach family planning and maternalchild health program. Village and individual data confirm a …

estimated in addition to fertility: women's health, earnings and household assets, use of preventive health inputs, and finally … fertility and child mortality. This suggests social returns to this reproductive health program in rural South Asia have many … to 1996 a door-to-door outreach family planning and maternal-child health program. Village and individual data confirm a …

The paper analyzes the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family-planning program that was … declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status …