female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the heterogeneity among …

household production and formal child care to the wage rate, the price of child care, taxes, benefits and child care subsidies … is used. The model is estimated using the HILDA dataset, a rich household survey of the Australian population, which …

supporting empirical evidence. We go on to argue that, against the background of rising inequality and an aging population, the …