We evaluate the effect of a 2003 reform in the Spanish income tax on fertility and the employment of mothers with small … effect of the reform is ambiguous on both outcomes. We find that the combined reforms significantly increased both fertility … (by almost five percent) and the employment rate of mothers with children under three (by two percent). These effects were …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total …

differences in participation and fertility rates for women from different European countries can be attributed to the … educational levels, childcare and optional parental leaves have a larger impact on the fertility and participation decisions of …

cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health outcomes, marital status, and subsequent fertility. We exploit …

possible channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The …This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data … results show that woman's own job loss decreases fertility mainly for highly educated women. For every 100 displaced females …

In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer system which differs by employment state and number of children. To …

Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled …