We use census data for the US, Canada, Spain, and UK to estimate bilateral migration rates to these countries from 25 … payments crises and natural disasters. Latin American migration to Canada, Spain, and the UK, in contrast, is largely …

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 …

discuss evidence on these questions for Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Portugal, Spain and the United …