In this paper, a model of political consensus is introduced. Parties try to reach consensus in forming a government. A … government is defined as a pair consisting of a winning coalition and a policy supported by this coalition, where a policy …. Parties may be advised to adjust their preferences, i.e., to change their evaluation concerning some government(s) or/and the …

We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of the recent fertility … rebound observed in several OECD countries, we empirically test the impact of different family policy settings on fertility … fertility than leave entitlements and benefits granted around childbirth. Our findings are robust once controlling for birth …

returnees adjust their fertility choices to match the norms which prevail in their previous countries of destinations, using … Egyptian household-level data. Egyptians migrate predominantly towards other Arab countries characterized by higher fertility …

returnees adjust their fertility choices to match the norms which prevail in their previous countries of destinations, using … Egyptian household-level data. Egyptians migrate predominantly towards other Arab countries characterized by higher fertility …

fertility on mothers' labour supply and seems to help mothers to better conciliate family and professional life but our …

The paper proposes an economic and cultural mechanism that can predict a fertility transition and its timing. The … cultural structure of the population is endogenously determined by a cultural evolution mechanism. The fertility rates … behaviours (in term of fertility) to the traditionalist parents. An increase in the average income level provoked by the …

standard framework of endogenous fertility, the present paper shows that this result is still valid but that subsidizing … exhibit a too high fertility rate. Furthemore, when health is introduced as another source of externalities, the model shows …

, reducing child poverty, raising the levels of education and well being of children, and increasing equal opportunities.  the … families: o On fertility and the decision to have children (chapter 3); authors M-Th. Letablier and O. Thévenon o On parents …