Completed fertility effects of family policy measures : evidence from a life-cycle model

Raphael Abiry, Karsten Reuss, and Holger Stichnoth

We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a number of key family policy measures based on data for Germany. Parental leave benefits, child benefits and subsidized childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower by 6%, 7%, and 10%, respectively. Income tax splitting, which is fiscally expensive, reduces female labour supply but has a negligible effect on fertility.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Abiry, Raphael ; Reuß, Karsten ; Stichnoth, Holger
Publisher:	Mannheim : ZEW
Subject:	Fertility \| female labour supply \| family policy \| dynamic programming \| Fertilität \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Familienpolitik \| Family policy \| Arbeitsangebot \| Labour supply \| Theorie \| Theory \| Schätzung \| Estimation

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (15 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	ZEW discussion papers. - Mannheim : ZEW, ZDB-ID 2125128-9. - Vol. 14-068
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/102756 [Handle]
Classification:	C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; C53 - Forecasting and Other Model Applications ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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