agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

Catholic countries of Europe pose a demographic puzzle -fertility is unprecedentedly low (total fertility=1.3) despite …. We use differential declines in service provision --measured by nuns/capita-- to identify its effect on fertility …) has no effect for Protestants, but predicts fertility decline for Catholics. The data suggest that service provision and …

The last 60 years have seen the emergence of a dramatic socioeconomic gradient in marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and … decreased relative to cohabitation, which offers many of the gains of co-residence with less commitment. We argue that college … relative to cohabitation. The resulting socioeconomic divergence has implications for children and for future inequality …

Unique data from the Berea Panel Study provides new evidence about fertility outcomes before age 30 and beliefs about …, while married individuals have very accurate beliefs. Novel attractiveness measures are central for understanding fertility …

Are country borders still an impediment to trade flows within Europe? Using a rich microlevel survey with 3 million … average border effect but still quite large. The implication is clear: Europe is far from having a single market …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …