This paper studies the relation between childcare, fertility and female labour force participation. It presents a … simple model which analyses whether qualitatively better or cheaper (subsidised) childcare increases fertility and female …

) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects on fertility from a theoretical perspective. Then I refer to previous empirical studies that have examined these … have been able to identify causal effect, the evidence generally suggests positive fertility responses among high …