Fertility Theories: Can They Explain the Negative Fertility-Income Relationship?

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Are Children Really Inferior Goods?: Evidence from Displacement-Driven Income Shocks (2010, methodology): “As noted in Jones, Schoonbroodt, and Tertilt (2008), the empirical studies that measure this conditional correlation have found mixed results.”
Does Higher Education Increase Hedonic and Eudaimonic Happiness? (2016, background): “There is also abundant evidence that women with more education have fewer children (Jones et al. 2008).”
How Large are Returns to Schooling? Hint: Money Isn't Everything (2009, unknown): “Recent evidence is mixed. side of the coin is that individuals who prefer fewer children may enjoy more schooling and career opportunities (Jones et al. 2008).”
Do Family Wealth Shocks Affect Fertility Choices? Evidence from the Housing Market (2013, background): “Lindo (2010) and Amialchuk (2006) both show that fertility is negatively affected by shocks 1 Jones, Schoonbroodt, and Tertilt (2010) show that adding a quality choice by itself does not generate a negative income-fertility relationship without also assuming a high elasticity of substitution…”