Since the early 1990's the growth rates of the four largest European economies—France, Germany, Italy, and the United … individual life expectancies and declining fertility have led to gradually ageing populations. Demographic change affects …

-term effects on U.S. fertility rates. I find that the introduction of family planning is associated with significant and persistent … reductions in fertility driven both by falling completed childbearing and childbearing delay. Although federally-funded family … planning accounted for a small portion of the post-baby boom U.S. fertility decline, the estimates imply that they reduced …

There is growing concern about a decline in the total fertility rate worldwide, but nowhere is the concern greater than … generate incentives for individuals to reduce not just the fertility rate within families, but also the incentive to form … fertility rates. Our results show that the impact of social security on these variables has been non-trivial. Our calibrated …

focuses on three large Continental European countries: France, Germany, and Italy. These countries have large pay …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

Variation in tax policy presents an opportunity to estimate the responsiveness of fertility to prices. This paper … studied in the literature on AFDC and fertility. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate heterogeneous responses. I … find a strong effect of the policy on fertility, and some evidence of a heterogeneous response that may help reconcile …

One of the most commonly cited studies on the effect of child subsidies on fertility, Whittington, Alm and Peters (1990 …), claimed a large positive effect of child tax benefits on fertility using time series methods. We revisit this question in … do not find evidence that child tax benefits affect the level of fertility, we find some evidence of a short …

behavior and contraceptive use. Evidence from this analysis suggests that the reduction in fertility associated with raising …