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Subsidising formal childcare versus grandmothers' time : which policy is more effective?

Osuna-Padilla, Victoria - In: Economics : the open-access, open-assessment journal 15 (2021) 1, pp. 85-111

married mothers' employment and fertility rates, paying special attention to heterogeneous effects. A heterogeneous agent … model, populated by married households who make decisions related to labour supply and fertility, and the Spanish economy … the fertility rate to increase, but it implies a significant adjustment in tax rates to maintain the same fiscal balance …

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The undercounting of child-mother births

Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Rubião, Rafael; Talamas Marcos, … - 2025

Accurate demographic data are essential for effective policy design, yet private costs may deter individuals from truthfully reporting sensitive information. We examine this market failure and its implications in the context of child motherhood. Using administrative records from Brazil, Mexico,...

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Eine gelingende Familienpolitik ist wichtiger denn je

Geis-Thöne, Wido - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 9, pp. 603-606

The lives of families in Germany have changed fundamentally in recent decades. In particular, young women are increasingly share an equal division of tasks between men and women. This makes it necessary to have fitting institutional childcare facilities. However, at present there is still a lack...

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Work and children in Spain : challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women

Hupkau, Claudia; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 243-268

Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women’s and men’s participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s. We show that women still fare worse in several important labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are...

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How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment

Roth, Anja - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-30

Do childcare institutions affect gender norms of individuals? I examine the introduction of childcare services and their impact on voters' support of policies promoting maternal employment. I address the inherent endogeneity between institutions and attitudes by exploiting regional variation in...

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The impact of parental leave policy on child-rearing and employment behavior : the case of Germany

Chirkova, Serafima - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27

Parental leave and child care are important instruments of family policies to improve work– family balance. This paper studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform was to decrease birth-related maternal...

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Marriage, motherhood, and women's employment in rural India

Lahoti, Rahul; Abraham, Rosa; Swaminathan, Hema - 2024

We investigate the impact of marriage and childbirth on women's labor market participation in rural India. In the absence of panel data, we employ a novel approach using Life History Calendar data to analyze women's labor market trajectories from age 15 onward. Our event study models reveal that...

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The cost of restricting abortion access

Slusky, David - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 57 (2022) 3, pp. 199-200

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No flat, no child in Singapore : cointegration analysis of housing, income, and fertility

Saguin, Kidjie - 2021

fertility decline. Various pro-natalist policy measures, including baby bonuses and universal child care, have been undertaken …, housing can play a vital role in shaping fertility decisions, but its effect on fertility has largely remained unexamined. The … its potential to curtail fertility decline. This paper seeks to address this gap by empirically examining this often …

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Cross-country differences in the long-run economic impacts of increased fertility

Davoine, Thomas - 2022

Higher fertility slowly increases the workers-to-retirees ratio over the long run, which can ease the pension financing …-productivity profiles and pension systems can explain the exception. Fertility-promoting policies will always ease the public finance …

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