Replication data for: Fertility and Childlessness in the United States
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Paula E. Gobbi; Thomas Baudin; David de la Croix
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We develop a theory of fertility, distinguishing its intensive margin from its extensive margin. The deep parameters are identified using facts from the 1990 US Census: (i) fertility of mothers decreases with education; (ii) childlessness exhibits a U-shaped relationship with education; (iii) the relationship between marriage rates and education is hump-shaped for women and increasing for men. We estimate that 2.5 percent of women were childless because of poverty and 8.1 percent because of high opportunity cost of childrearing. Over time, historical trends in total factor productivity and in education led to a U-shaped response in childlessness rates while fertility of mothers decreased. (JEL I20, J13, J16, N31, N32)
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J13 Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
N32 U.S. • Canada: 1913-
J16 Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
N31 U.S. • Canada: Pre-1913
I20 General
J13 Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
N32 U.S. • Canada: 1913-
J16 Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
N31 U.S. • Canada: Pre-1913
I20 General
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