Job insecurity can have wide-ranging consequences outside of the labour market. We here argue that it reduces fertility … probability of having a new child by 3.9 percentage points. Reduced fertility is only found at the intensive margin: job … parenthood, as this fertility effect does not appear for low-income and less-educated workers. …

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 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 …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied … substantially by household income and sibship size. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … positive fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

fertility. Generally, the reform increased child benefits. However, the exact amount of the increase varied by household income … and sibship size. We use this heterogeneity of the reform to identify causal effects on fertility using a difference … child benefit reform did not yield robust or statistically significant fertility effects for low income couples. We find …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …