Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by economic uncertainty. We exploit this … that emotional attachment and risk attitudes play important roles in the fertility-crime relationship. Finally, results for …

grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor force participation of women positively. However, grandparent … provide child care. We build a model of residence choice, fertility, and female labor force participation that can account for … level, fertility and mothers' labor force participation would increase, while mobility would remain unchanged. The absence …

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

previous studies from the United States, where home visiting programs successfully increased employment and decreased fertility …

children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We … retirement affects only the timing of adult children's fertility, without having an effect on total fertility. …

We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …