I analyze the interplay between culture and economic incentives in decision-making. To this end, I study birth timing … with the home country fertility norm, whereas the timing of the first two births is either unaffected or negatively … timing of the first birth bears much larger costs for mothers in terms of labor market outcomes than that of subsequent …

, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … it is in villages and manors. Finally, a larger share of Jews is associated with lower fertility in towns, which is not …

, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … it is in villages and manors. Finally, a larger share of Jews is associated with lower fertility in towns, which is not …

This paper focuses on the role of home country's fertility culture in shaping immigrants' fertility. I use the German … Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to study completed fertility of first-generation immigrants who arrived from different countries … and in different years. The variation in total fertility rates (TFRs) across countries and over time serves as a proxy for …

This paper focuses on the role of home country's birth rates in shaping immigrants' fertility. We use the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP) to study completed fertility of first generation immigrants who arrived from different countries and at … different times. We find that women from countries where the aggregate birth rate is high tend to have significantly more …

This paper uses birth records linked to census data to document health differences at birth between Roma and non …-Roma children in Hungary between 1981 and 2010. It focuses on differences in average birth weight and average gestational age, as … well as the likelihood of low birth weight and the likelihood of preterm birth. The paper shows large gaps in all …

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use birth certificate records from 1999 to 2004 to assess whether parents systematically time childbirth before school … that the financial benefits influence the timing of birth. Similarly, we find no systematic discontinuities in average … birth dates in the neighborhood of cutoffs are essentially randomly assigned …

Fertility differentials among the Hindus and the Muslims in India are a matter of concern, which attracts scholars of … different disciplines not only in India, but also outside as well. But surprisingly systematic analysis of fertility pattern …