costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous …

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European …

's position is to encourage fertility behavior and discourage birth control practices among women at prime childbearing ages …This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions … clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of …

The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today have lower fertility. We … fertility …

This paper investigates the relationship between women's education and fertility by exploiting a 1985 policy change in … treatment intensity across birth cohorts. The reform led to an increase in education, a delay in marriage, and reduced fertility … beginning at the age of 20. The effect on fertility becomes increasingly negative through age 25. The findings suggest that …

declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in "surviving fertility" persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

during the famine. Finally, controlling for pre-famine fertility, we find that women who were pregnant during the Famine …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …