There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household … benefits and tax credits among quot;comparablequot; households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice … model of female participation and fertility, using individual data from the French Labor Force Survey and a fairly detailed …

There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household … benefits and tax credits among "comparable" households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice model of … female participation and fertility, using individual data from the French Labor Force Survey and a fairly detailed …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …, the secondary earner's labor supply and welfare. Child benefits and subsidies for external child care are more effective … for external child care into a welfare program with child benefits makes families better off …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …, the secondary earner’s labor supply and welfare. Child benefits and subsidies for external child care are more effective … for external child care into a welfare program with child benefits makes families better off. …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …, families try to mitigate the ex-ante undesired shift in the power balance. This bias in fertility choices provides scope for … overcome the fertility bias …

What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform … fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by tempo … effects or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about suboptimally low fertility by suggesting …