Parity-specific probabilities of having a next birth are estimated from national fertility data and are compared with … countries (the US, West Germany, Denmark, Italy, and the United Kingdom), whose fertility rates span the observed fertility … can be measured, the possibility that child costs affect both the quantum and the tempo of fertility, the relatively small …

This paper compares child poverty dynamics cross-nationally using panel data from seven nations: the USA, Britain …, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Hungary and Russia. As well as using standard relative poverty definitions the paper examines flows … transition has led to a much higher degree of mobility. Interestingly, the USA, which has the highest level of relative poverty …

In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … fertility of the childless and highly educated women. -- Employment ; fertility ; financial incentives …

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …

overall extent, of ethnic inclusion and exclusion. Focussing on foreigners in Germany and immigrants in Canada as illustrative … market institutions benefit low-skill migrants, but generate less earnings assimilation. Such assimilation in Canada is …

-risks be related to labour market performance? In other words, to what extent do the fertility decisions of successfully …