show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …, families try to mitigate the ex-ante undesired shift in the power balance. This bias in fertility choices provides scope for … overcome the fertility bias …

whether i) the parents control their fertility or not, ii) they value their children or not. Second, it investigates the … all "relevant" senses identical should be treated identically); it turns out that under endogenous fertility, any winning … policy trivially satisfies horizontal equity, but if fertility is exogenous for some of (or all) the parents, horizontal …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

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 …

migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

whether i) the parents control their fertility or not, ii) they value their children or not. Second, it investigates the … all "relevant" senses identical should be treated identically); it turns out that under endogenous fertility, any winning … policy trivially satisfies horizontal equity, but if fertility is exogenous for some of (or all) the parents, horizontal …