2012-05-24T14:06:02Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/family-planning.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/05/11/MS.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

Reliable birth control contributed to economic development by reducing women's risk of dropping out of school associated with early childbearing and high fertility rates, contributing in turn to increases in women's labor force participation, the continuity of their careers, and the standard of living of women, children and families, writes Chloe Bird.

http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2011/winter/world.html Jan 13, 2012 Jan 13, 2012

An interactive graphic shows four major global trends through 2050: the shifts in working-age populations, the rise of the oldest old, elderly dependency ratios, and youth dependency ratios.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090025.html Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011

The authors investigate the direct and long-run effects of fertility on employment in Europe, estimating dynamic models of labor supply under different assumptions regarding the exogeneity of fertility and modeling assumptions related to initial conditions, unobserved heterogeneity and serial correlation in the error terms.

http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MHSS.html Feb 2, 2011 Feb 2, 2011

The Matlab Health and Socio-economic Survey, conducted in 1996, provides a unique microlevel data set for research on aging. In particular, these new data will support in-depth analyses — not possible with existing survey data — on interrelated topics having to do with life-cycle investments in the physical, economic, and social well-being of adults and the elderly.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110008.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Clinic violence reduces abortion services in targeted areas; however, once travel is taken into account, the overall effect of the violence is much smaller.

http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/IFLS.html Dec 6, 2010 Dec 6, 2010

The Indonesian Family Life Survey is an ongoing, longitudinal survey begun in 1993 that represents about 83% of the Indonesian population and includes over 30,000 individuals living in 13 of the country's 27 provinces.

http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MFLS.html Sep 17, 2010 Sep 17, 2010

The Malaysian Family Life Surveys were conducted in 1976-1977 and 1988-1989. The surveys collected detailed current and retrospective information on family structure, fertility, economic status, education, and more from a partially-overlapping sample of more than 4,000 individuals and households.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP602z1.html Mar 11, 2010 Mar 11, 2010

<p>What can governments do to address the demographic challenge? RAND Europe examines population ageing: consequences and possible solutions.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000163.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090216.html Jan 31, 2009 Jan 31, 2009

<p>Previous studies have demonstrated both large gains in efficiency and reductions in bias by incorporating population information in regression estimation with sample survey data.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090326.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>The authors use data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System on nearly 94,000 singleton live births that occurred between 1987 and 2002 to investigate the extent to which the change in mortality over this period can be explained by changes in repr</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091217.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>American Indian groups exhibit some of the highest and earliest fertility. This comparison between Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia found that the main difference in attitudes toward childbearing was the degree of latitude for the timing of having children vis-a-vis other major life events.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR644z1.html Nov 15, 2008 Nov 15, 2008

<p>A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081015.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>In non-experimental research, data on the same population process may be collected simultaneously by more than one instrument.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080208.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Develops a metric for revisions to subjective expectations and proposes a survey design strategy that enables the estimation of the metric. As an application, analyzes how women update expectations about the effectiveness of contraception methods.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080917.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080922.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080921.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9200.html Jan 12, 2007 Jan 12, 2007

<p>Details the results of a preliminary investigation into whether Assisted Reproductive Technologies can play a part in preventing European countries from falling into the low-fertility trap.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070037.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>The authors use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. Findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.</p>