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economic prosperity and birth rates and its relationship to family formation variance while there is limited evidence regarding the relationship between births and worse health outcomes of infants. For instance, the authors found that the birth rate increases during economically prosperous periods, but this is due to the expansion of families formed before the boom rather than the creation of new families during these periods. The opportunity costs faced by women to choose to have or not to have children are influenced by public policy. Additionally, the opportunity costs are different among women starting a family and women having more children, a present gap in previous literature. For example, for first-time mothers, an improvement in economic opportunities might reduce their desire to have a child since it interrupts their work life, however women who already have a child are less likely to be working and appear to be in favour of expanding their existing family during better economic conditions. In the future, Lafortune and
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Lafortune, J., & Low, C. (2017). Tying the double-knot: The role of assets in marriage commitment.
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