Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the … extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill …

Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the … extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill …

A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technologicalprogress induces mass education and, in … technological progress on investmentsin education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess … interaction with child quantity-quality substitution, a decline in fertility. Using unique new data for 21 OECD countries over …

A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technological progress induces mass education and, in … technological progress on investments in education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess … interaction with child quantity-quality substitution, a decline in fertility. Using unique new data for 21 OECD countries over the …

present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in …A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … Africa. This finding is consistent with the predictions of the unified growth theory and sheds important insights in …