The birth of children often shifts the power balance within a family. If family decisions are made according to the … birth of children may differ from the ex-ante optimal choice. In a model of cooperative decision making within a family, we … show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …

health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …

identify substantial improvements in women's earnings following IVF birth, alongside improvements in maternal and child health … and an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first comprehensive evaluation of SET. This is relevant given the …

The birth of children often shifts the power balance within a family. If family decisions are made according to the … birth of children may differ from the ex-ante optimal choice. In a model of cooperative decision making within a family, we … show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …

(endogamy, age and education difference between spouses). Weather shocks provide an exogenous source of variation of household … income through agricultural production. Data on weather shocks are merged with individual and household level data from the … with a negative income shock. In addition, marriages precipitated by negative income shocks may present specific features …

health outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using household panel data matched with spatially disaggregated data on weather … results reveal a positive association between exposure to dry weather shocks and stunting among children. The effects are …In this paper, we examine the relationship between childhood exposure to adverse weather shocks and nutritional and …

(endogamy, age and education difference between spouses). Weather shocks provide an exogenous source of variation of household … income through agricultural production. Data on weather shocks are merged with individual and household level data from the … with a negative income shock. In addition, marriages precipitated by negative income shocks may present specific features …