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 recent years, the phenomenon of delayed age at first marriage and declining fertility in
China has become increasingly prominent, and high housing prices may be one of the …

Fertility intentions determine fertility behaviors, and the decline in fertility intentions in China
has directly led to a significant reduction in fertility rates in recent years. An analysis of the …

This study examines how an increase in home value affects fertility decisions of
homeowners in China by exploiting regional heterogeneity in housing markets driven by …

This paper examines the influence of housing wealth on fertility outcomes through a
regression discontinuity design based on a 2006 Chinese housing-market policy. Our …

Lockdown edicts during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to concerns about consequences
for childbirth plans and decisions. Robust empirical research to either refute or confirm these …

To ease pressure from the aging population, the Chinese government implemented a two-
child policy for couples where either the husband or the wife is from a single-child family in …

The assumption that economic resources are equally shared within households has been
found to be untenable for income but is still often upheld for wealth. In this introduction to the …

We present the first estimates of the impact of local area crime on fertility. We first develop a
simple theoretical model to examine the relationship between crime and fertility. We explore …

This study examines how homeownership is associated with fertility intentions among
migrant population in urban China. Using data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic …