This paper uses panel data of OECD countries during the period 1995–2003 to examine how corruption affects fertility … suggest that the fertility rate is higher in less corrupted countries. From this, the argument can be made that lack of …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied … substantially by household income and sibship size. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … positive fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future … employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess how fertility intentions are affected by: 1) the deprivation of a quality …

Many authors argue that societal fertility levels are a function of changing gender relations, but the mechanism behind … gender role attitudes influences fertility: a great variation in attitudes among potential partners causes uncertainty and … regressed on the level of fertility. Attitudes are computed through factor analysis and capture opinions towards the gendered …

experiment (the effect of boy-boy or girl-girl as the first two children on incremental fertility and mothers’ labor force …