We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on fertility decisions. Using data from the Italian Labor … the average change over time in fertility decisions of women employed in large firms with the average change experienced … flexibility have on fertility decisions by increasing insecurity on career prospects. …

We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on fertility decisions. Using data from the Italian Labor … the average change over time in fertility decisions of women employed in large firms with the average change experienced … flexibility have on fertility decisions by increasing insecurity on career prospects …

limitations. We investigate this issue for Italy - even in the absence of Census data relating family of origin to children …'s educational outcomes - using many waves of the Survey on Household Income and Wealth of the Bank of Italy and focusing on the …

limitations. We investigate this issue for Italy even in the absence of Census data relating family of origin to children …'s educational outcomes using many waves of the Survey on Household Income and Wealth of the Bank of Italy and focusing on the …

We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on workers’ fertility decisions. Using data from the … firms essentially untouched. We take a Difference-in-Differences identification approach and compare the change in fertility … potential unintended consequences on fertility that labor market reforms introducing greater flexibility may have by heightening …