Health Surveys, we find suggestive evidence that increased exposure to TV affects in particular fertility preferences and …We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the …

short-run. -- Intrahousehold allocation ; health ; human capital ; fertility ; quantile treatment effects ; stochastic … supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses … the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …

supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses … the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …

outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than … educational performance. Once we control for health at birth, the negative birth order effect in educational performance further …

outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than …

health and child outcomes, we leverage longitudinal microdata from Indonesia to estimate individual fixed effects models. Our …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental … results show that the economic returns to parental health are high. We show that maternal health not only significantly …

health and child outcomes, we leverage longitudinal microdata from Indonesia to estimate individual fixed effects models. Our …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental … results show that the economic returns to parental health are high. We show that maternal health not only significantly …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

We estimate the effects of college education on female fertility - a so far understudied margin of education, which we … effect on fertility. Coupled with higher labor-supply and wage returns for nonmothers as compared to mothers the timing …