This paper analyzes the welfare implications of children’s enfranchisement within a political economy framework that … excludes children from the electorate, when the fertility rate is low, and Pareto-reducing when the fertility rate is high …

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical … targeting children through two general policies, namely selective commodity taxation and cash transfer to family with children …

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical … targeting children through two general policies, namely selective commodity taxation and cash transfer to family with children …

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical … targeting children through two general policies, namely selective commodity taxation and cash transfer to family with children …

provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's age and for West and East Germany to examine moderating influences of … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in …

reform, children are 8 percentage points less likely to attend public daycare which implies a compensated price elasticity of …

= 411) in corporative-conservative western Germany with mothers in former socialist eastern Germany (n = 528) shows that … Germany, where public childcare is more easily accessible and continuous female employment is a prevalent social norm …