This paper analyzes the relationship between age-specific fertility, mortality and real wages in Sweden during the … demographic transition. We take an overlapping generations model of life cycle fertility and fit it to actual Swedish time …-series data over the past two and a half centuries. The model fits the data well, accurately portraying the total fertility …

resulting from changes in population structure. This policy consists of linking social security benefits to the fertility …

This paper investigates the determinants of fertility in Norway. More emphasis is paid on identifying the factors … fertility. The effect of eduction level is negative on the timing of first birth whereas the risk of third birth is higher among … higher educated women. …