Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend … Italy display lower fertility rates than France, the United Kongdom, and the Scandinavian countries. All countries use some …. Although these measures are mainly motivated by equity considerations, they will generally also have an impact on fertility. …

. The relative strength of these two channels depend on household wealth, so that fertility changes generate opposite …In this paper, we show that fertility shapes the risky investment decisions of the rich and the poor in opposite ways … increased fertility encourages richer households to participate in risky stock market but deters such risk-taking behavior by …

This study comprehensively examines export tariff liberalization’s influence on women’s marital and fertility decisions …

affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of …

have a second or third child decreased the number of daughters per household by 0.19%, but had a negligible effect on the … number of sons. Despite this inelastic response, the policy impacted fertility through large permit prices. The total … fertility rate and average daughter-to-son ratio were 1.5 and 0.8 in 2000. Without the policy, these values would been have 2 …

of the policy is more pronounced among couples who have higher fertility preferences and who are less sensitive to child …

reduction in fertility would contribute to Chinese human capital enhancement. However, the quantity-quality tradeoff may be not …