households. However, sibling size has adverse effects on per-child investment in education, in particular when fertility is high … fertility due to son preferences. Under son preferences, childbearing and fertility timing are determined conditional on the …

households. However, sibling size has adverse effects on per-child investment in education, in particular when fertility is high. … fertility due to son preferences. Under son preferences, childbearing and fertility timing are determined conditional on the …

household wealth, reduced child mortality, and female basic education are crucial for fertility reductions. Yet, our analysis …Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition …

household wealth, reduced child mortality, and female basic education are crucial for fertility reductions. Yet, our analysis …Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition …

driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non … fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing …

past three decades and its effects on Pakistani women's fertility. We analyse a number of indicators and employ different …

with 7.7 - 12.5% higher incidence of fertility discontinuation among women without a son. This son-preferring behaviour is … stronger at higher birth order and also reflects in differential spacing patterns. Women's education appears to be the …

higher order births. Fertility falls strongly when a firstborn child is male. Still, there is only mixed evidence that …

driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non … fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing …