I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate …

connection between fertility and labor force participation on the future demographic and economic development in Germany. For … development on growth, mediated through incompatibility of fertility and participation. It is argued that this incompatibility …

Heterogenität beobachtet werden. Deutschland, Spanien und Italien weisen deutlich niedrigere Geburtenraten auf als Frankreich, das …Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend …, there is substantial heterogeneity both in the current level of birth rates and in the past development. Germany, Spain, and …

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate …

. In the 19th century English fertility transition, the model shows how the generalized child price relative to the child …

The present study reports on results emerging from the research project «Fertility and Prosperity: Links between … countries and (b) a survey of fertility outcomes and family policies in a limited number of developed countries. The results … indicate that the decline in fertility observed in the past, through its impact on the size and age-composition of the labour …

Low fertility is a major policy focus in Japan. Many policies, such as an increase in replacement allowances during … parental leave, were rolled out during the 1990s and early 2000s with little evidence that they had any effect on fertility or …