dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. With … review a set of mechanisms that may explain the fertility behavior of first-generation immigrants—namely selection …

Fertility levels have greatly decreased in virtually every nation in the world, but the timing of the decline has … differed even among developed countries. In Europe, Asia, and North America, total fertility rates of some nations dipped below … the magic replacement figure of 2.1 as early as the 1970s. But in other nations, fertility rates remained substantial …

through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a novel empirical test of standard neoclassical models of fertility that … fertility rates. This implies that the well-documented cyclical nature of fertility rates is about access to liquidity. We also …

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively … policymakers and researchers evaluate the total benefit of family planning policies, both policies to lower fertility and policies …

inflows and fertility rates. …

Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … Union. Fertility rates are converging on - and sometimes falling below - rates in Western Europe, most of which are below …

associated with fertility behavior and use of the local natural-resource base are identified. Three are shown to be pronatalist … that one of the externalities may even provide an invidious link between fertility decisions and the use of the local … natural-resource base. The fourth type of externality is used to develop a theory of fertility transitions in the contemporary …