<Para ID="Par1">Over the last few decades, total fertility rates, child morbidity, and child mortality rates have declined in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Among the most striking trends observed are the rapid rate of urbanization and the often remarkably large gaps in fertility between rural and urban...</para>

In this paper, we use diary data from the Time-use and Health Study to investigate the role of reproductive choice on economic activity among women. While we find that the presence of young children does not affect economic activity in the formal labor market, we find large negative effects of...