This study presents a novel theory on the interaction of social norms, fertility, education, and their joint impact on … existence of two steady states. At the traditional steady state, the economy stagnates, fertility is high, education is minimal … population has abandoned traditional beliefs, modern contraceptives are used, fertility is low and education and economic growth …

This study investigates the interaction of the use of modern contraceptives, fertility, education, and long-run growth … economy, in which modern contraceptives are not used and fertility is high, gradually converges towards a high growth regime …, in which couples use modern contraceptives. Innovations in contraceptive technology at later points in time speed up the …

Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the … extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill …

Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the … extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill …

A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technologicalprogress induces mass education and, in … technological progress on investmentsin education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess … interaction with child quantity-quality substitution, a decline in fertility. Using unique new data for 21 OECD countries over …

A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technological progress induces mass education and, in … technological progress on investments in education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess … interaction with child quantity-quality substitution, a decline in fertility. Using unique new data for 21 OECD countries over the …