Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

Bismarck pension system. Distortions of the fertility decision can be reduced through the introduction of a stronger child …

human capital. In a framework with heterogeneity in productivity, and stochastic and endogenous investment in fertility and … displays both a benefit contingent on the contributions of children and a purely fertility-related component. …

-as-you-go pension system. Family allowances are compared to introducing a fertility-related component into the pension formula. In an …

Analyzing a homogenous household setting with endogenous fertility and endogenous labor supply, we demonstrate that … moving from joint taxation to individual taxation and adapting child benefits so as to keep fertility constant entails a …

factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine … their fertility before the demographic transition. Despite controlling for several demand and supply factors, we find a … negative residual effect of women's education on fertility. Instrumental-variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women …