parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …

affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of … children by 0.35 on average and her actual number by 0.50. Ramifications for China’s one-child policy are discussed. …

Hungarian family policy focuses on providing generous options to take time off work to look after children. This system … failed to significantly influence fertility rates and is relatively expensive to run. This paper looks at how to shift the …