This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on fertility decisions of … positive and sizable effect on fertility decisions of Italian working women. This result is robust to a number of checks … use of an alternative set of exclusion restrictions. -- fertility ; employment protection ; difference …

This chapter reviews the literature on the causal effects of policies on fertility. It focuses on evidence from … experiments and quasi-experiments in low fertility contexts, including studies from Europe, Northern America, Oceania and Asia … insurance, and financial incentives such as child transfers. Childcare expansions increase completed fertility. Financial …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …

maximizes welfare across demographic groups depends on the fertility rate in the economy. Policies chosen when all demographic … excludes children from the electorate, when the fertility rate is low, and Pareto-reducing when the fertility rate is high … to retirees in the economy. Public investment in child care can change the fertility rate and shift the economy toward a …

the fertility technology. On the opposite, ex post egalitarianism always recommends marginal taxation. …