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000003722 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.3722
000003722 037__ $$aTHESIS$$bThesis
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000003722 245__ $$aChildlessness and Development
000003722 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago
000003722 269__ $$a2022-06
000003722 336__ $$aThesis
000003722 502__ $$bM.A.
000003722 520__ $$aThis paper leverages harmonized micro-data consisting of 82 million females from 164 household surveys covering 72 unique countries from all income levels to investigate the relationship between childlessness and development. Empirically, I find that childlessness rates display a U-shaped pattern with development at country, subgroups and individual levels, which contribute to 1/3 of heterogeneity of aggregate fertility across countries. Moreover, females in richer countries and those are more educated delay their fertility, suggested by the life- cycle childlessness rates. Combining these novel empirical findings, I construct a two-period model under a parsimonious set of assumptions to speak to the empirical finding: when the wage growth effect dominates the wage level effect, females choose to delay fertility; childlessness is driven by natural sterilization and different preference for number of children.
000003722 542__ $$fCC BY-ND
000003722 6531_ $$aChildlessness
000003722 6531_ $$aFertility
000003722 6531_ $$aMacro-development
000003722 6531_ $$aLife-cycle Wage
000003722 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division 
000003722 691__ $$aMA Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS)
000003722 7001_ $$aDai, Weifeng$$uUniversity of Chicago
000003722 72012 $$aKotaro Yoshida
000003722 72014 $$aKotaro Yoshida
000003722 8564_ $$99c4c14e1-c3ea-4b63-9e03-300dc348f66f$$eEmbargo (2050-06-04)$$s983251$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3722/files/WEIFENG_DAI_MA_THESIS.pdf
000003722 908__ $$aI agree
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000003722 983__ $$aThesis