The cost of children: May the collective approach to household behavior help? François Bourguignon Pages: 503 - 521
Family leave policies and women's retention after childbirth: Evidence from the United States, Britain, and Japan Jane WaldfogelYoshio HiguchiMasahiro Abe Pages: 523 - 545
The socioeconomic consequences of young women's childbearing: Reconciling disparate evidence David C. Ribar Pages: 547 - 565
Banking on fewer children: Financial intermediation, fertility and economic development Carol Scotese Lehr Pages: 567 - 590
The sectoral labor supply of married couples in Brazil: Testing the unitary model of household behavior Jill Tiefenthaler Pages: 591 - 606
Social security, social welfare and the aging population Rowena A. PeccheninoKelvin R. Utendorf Pages: 607 - 623
Pay-as-you-go financed public pensions in a model of endogenous growth and fertility Berthold U. Wigger Original Pages: 625 - 640