discuss evidence on these questions for Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Portugal, Spain and the United …

, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Israel and Spain. …

It is widely argued that declining fertility slows the pace of economic growth in industrialized countries through its … negative effect on labor supply. There are, however, theoretical arguments suggesting that the effect of falling fertility on … consumer optimization model that incorporates endogenous fertility as well as endogenous education and health investments. The …

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate …

to gather individual-level data covering all relevant countries, namely the exodus of Ecuadorians to Spain and the US in …, even in an episode in which Ecuadorians mostly chose Spain where earnings were lower than in the US, and they contribute to …

In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the …

We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S.. Using two … distinct from one another in both Canada and the U.S. …

marginal value of being an entrepreneur as a function of wealth. Countries with high start-up costs such as Italy, Spain and …

go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …, Italy and Spain). To highlight some results, we find a positive short-run effect for GDP and life expectancy on subjective …