combination of purchased and own care, the effect of income on fertility is ambiguous, even if quantity of children is a normal … income effect on fertility is positive when quantity is a normal good. (iii) If, on the other hand, there only is own care …, there is a different kind of quantity-quality trade-off. The income effect on fertility is positive if quantity is a closer …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …

In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unex- pected career interruptions which occur as a … job displacement reduces average fertility by 5 to 10% in both the short and medium term (3 and 6 years) and that these e … that the reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises be- cause displaced …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …