Parity-specific probabilities of having a next birth are estimated from national fertility data and are compared with nation-specific costs of having children as measured by time-budget data, by attitude data from the International Social Survey Program, and by panel data on labor earnings and...

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

Der deutsche Staat gibt viel Geld für Kinder aus, indem er sich vor allem auf dem Wege der Familien- und Bildungspolitik an den finanziellen Lasten der Erziehung beteiligt. Er holt sich jedoch um einiges mehr von ihnen zurück, wenn die Kinder im weiteren Verlauf ihres Lebens Steuern und...