Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference-in-differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who...

We provide a full reexamination of the effects of a maternity leave extension implemented in Norway in 1977. Previous research reporting large favorable long-term effects on mothers' health and on offspring's educational and labor market outcomes relied on an incorrect description of the reform...

Over the past two decades, there have been significant changes in family dynamics and labor market interactions, with shifts in fertility, marriage, divorce, cohabitation, family labor supply, gender inequality, and childrearing. This chapter examines the impact of government policies on these...

Der demografische Alterungsprozess, der in Deutschland aktuell in eine akute Phase tritt, erzeugt Risiken für die langfristige Tragfähigkeit der öffentlichen Finanzen. Die im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen erstellte Studie leistet Vorarbeiten für den Sechsten...