We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with …

Targeted regulations of abortion providers (TRAP laws) are the fastest growing abortion restriction in the U.S. These … often result in clinic closures, limiting abortion access. We study how women's exposure to these laws in adolescence … affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm … fertility behavior. Women threatened by job displacement bring births forward to exploit dismissal protection, a strategy that …

are larger in counties that are far from abortion providers and in counties with high poverty and unemployment. These … abortions and delay those that still occur, increasing second trimester abortions by 19.1%, reducing resident abortion rates by …

. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences …We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly … more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors …

effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as … their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of … for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that …

a reduction in the incidence of LBW and SGA, especially in the second trimester during pregnancy. This finding was …

overall health status at birth. These effects are mainly driven by pollution exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy … disadvantaged mothers are more vulnerable. Given the non negligible effects of pollution on birth outcomes, further policy efforts …