This article reviews findings of studies by the author and colleagues on relationships
between women's work and the reproduction of the British population based on data for …

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most
of these countries, the total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable …

In this paper we look at a panel of OECD aggregate fertility and labor market data between
1970 and 1995 and we report some striking recent developments. Total Fertility Rates (TFR) …

Low fertility in advanced societies today has been an unintended outcome of two major
waves of social and economic change, social liberalism and new capitalism. Both these …

Economic models of household behavior typically yield the prediction that increases in
schooling levels and wage rates of married women lead to increases in their labor supply …

As young men they work and when by their work they have got themselves decent clothing
and something to pay the wedding costs, they marry, raise a first child, have much trouble in …

Education and fertility (including childrearing) are foundational processes in societal
metabolism, and the relationship between them can have profound, long-term effects on a …

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

During the last two decades, Sweden has experienced strong fluctuations both in its
economy and in its level of childbearing. A period of high employment and increasing fertility …

This paper explores the impact of social polices and labour market conditions on women's
decisions on work and childbearing. This is analysed using data from the European …