In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In … addition to demonstrating an up to 23% increase in the fertility of tertiary-educated women, I find a positive, statistically …

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

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

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 …

children's health. The main result of this paper is that the correlation between economic growth and fertility rates runs in …

present model analyzes this issue in the context of low fertility in the host countries and suggests a novel channel though … which the intensity of the struggle against immigration can be related to fertility. The analysis shows that for childless …

We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …