work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …

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. …

distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …

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 …