direct cost of 0.3% of GDP might raise total fertility by about 0.3 point. -- Population ; fertility ; incentives ; benefits …There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household … benefits and tax credits among "comparable households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice model of …

fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means …-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work income significantly, the transfer can reduce incentives to participate in the …

Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex …-selection is easily accessible. This paper investigates whether financial incentives can overcome this trade-off in the context of … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …

I analyze the interplay between culture and economic incentives in decision-making. To this end, I study birth timing … with the home country fertility norm, whereas the timing of the first two births is either unaffected or negatively …

work conditions on worker health; (iii) the impact of differential employer incentives to reintegrate ill workers; and (iv …) the differential impact of labor market prospects on the decision to apply for DI benefits. We find that selection …

remain robust when we use the Chinese 1990 population census. We suggest that the negative effects of fertility on parental …This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a …

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to …The incidence of Cesarean deliveries (CDs) has been on the rise. The procedure's cost and benefits are discussed … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in …

This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility … and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high …

potentially more convenient childcare options with increased fertility. An analysis of U.S. Census data between 1980 and 2000 … among women who are most likely to consider childcare costs when making fertility decisions - namely, married women with a … the types of women who have stronger fertility relative to labor supply responses to immigrant-induced changes in …