DINKs, DEWKs & Co. Marriage, Fertility and Childlessness in the United States

Paula Gobbi, David de la Croix and Thomas Baudin

No 628, 2014 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: We develop a theory of marriage and fertility, distinguishing the choice to have children from the choice of the number of children. The deep parameters of the model are identified from the 1990 US Census. We measure voluntary and involuntary childlessness, and explain why (1) fertility of mothers decreases with education, for both married and single women; (2) childlessness exhibits a U-shaped relationship with education for both single and married; (3) the relationship between marriage rates and education is hump-shaped for women and increasing for men. We show how family patterns have been shaped by the rise in education and wage inequality, and by the shrinking gender wage gap.

Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Fertility and Childlessness in the United States (2015)
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Working Paper: DINKs, DEWKs & Co. Marriage, Fertility and Childlessness in the United States (2012)
Working Paper: DINKs, DEWKs & Co. Marriage, Fertility and Childlessness in the United States (2012)
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