Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries …. This paper examines African fertility using a panel data set of 47 Sub-Saharan countries between 1962 and 2003. Fixed and … poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …

supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses …

rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

's smoking all appear to contribute to the effect. We conclude that, by improving child health, unrestricted unconditional cash …

The paper analyzes the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family-planning program that was … declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status …

well as impacts on health, empowerment and well-being. There is mixed evidence when examining the impact which abortion … covers low fertility and industralised settings. Additional evidence from other settings would allow for a more broad …

,000 children of 7,300 Indian mothers, for whom a complete retrospective record of fertility and child mortality is available … mortality of successive children in a family. We also predict the impact of mortality on total fertility. Model simulations …

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also … becoming a teenage mother, and decrease fertility. …