This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …

experiment (the effect of boy-boy or girl-girl as the first two children on incremental fertility and mothers’ labor force …

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 …

causal effect of childcare costs on fertility in a context in which childcare enrollment is almost universal, user fees are …

distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …

What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform … fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by tempo … effects or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about suboptimally low fertility by suggesting …

We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of labor supply, fertility and savings, incorporating occupational choices, with … occupational choice and desired fertility, as well as the sorting both into the labor market and across occupations. We quantify … encourage fertility and show that they are considerably smaller than short-run effects. …