Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S.; … - 2018
We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U ….S. Fertility declined on the intensive margin as expected. However, despite the increasing value of having at least one child, a … timing and labor force participation as choices. Consistent with the model's predictions, we find that reductions in child …