Russian governments to influence family formation models and fertility levels, in order to improve the demographic situation … spheres (maternity/paternity leaves, workplace flexibility measures), fertility promotion, childbearing and childcare support …

How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced …

This paper utilizes a large-scale natural experiment aimed at increasing fertility in Russia. Motivated by a decade …-long decrease in fertility and population, the Russian government introduced a sequence of sizable child subsidies (called Maternity … Capitals) in 2007 and 2012. We find that the Maternity Capital resulted in a significant increase in fertility both in the …

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis … model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the … program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman. …