This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son …

This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son …

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …

analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is … found that opportunity costs play a role in fertility decisions, and for a positive income effect for females with high … earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their …

In reviewing the population policy in 1984, the Malaysian government called for a major shift from family planning to … family and human resource development to achieve an ultimate population of 70 million by 2100. However, regardless of the … government's initiatives since 1984, Malaysia's fertility rate still declined. This study examines the short-run and long …

. In this paper, we consider a family of mortality jump models and propose a new generalized Lee-Carter model with …