The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on fertility decisions of … positive and sizable effect on fertility decisions of Italian working women. This result is robust to a number of checks … use of an alternative set of exclusion restrictions. -- fertility ; employment protection ; difference …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on fertility decisions of … positive and sizable effect on fertility decisions of Italian working women. This result is robust to a number of checks … use of an alternative set of exclusion restrictions. -- fertility ; employment protection ; difference …

unemployment and active labor market programs (ALMPs), utilizing a reform that decreased dismissal costs for small firms only …

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy … women's layoffs; reductions in fertility associated with men's layoffs; and increases in fertility associated with women …

years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at …