This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model of fertility, human capital accumulation, child labor and … survival probability leads to falling fertility, eventually to investment into schooling and the demise of child labor. Child … generate a demographic transition. Falling mortality can only explain a relatively small part of the fertility decline. A …

fertility model that generates an endogenous demographic transition by means of distinguishing between female and male labor. We …

Fertility change is distinct from other forms of social and economic change because it directly alters the size and … composition of the next generation. This paper studies how changes in population composition over the fertility transition feed … back into the evolution of average fertility across generations. Theory predicts that changes in the relationship between …