This paper investigates whether and how regional social contexts influence fertility decisions of women living in … western Germany during the 1980s and 1990s. It is argued that regional opportunity structures as well as local patterns of … for the transition to the first and second child. The empirical analysis provides no evidence that fertility differentials …

This paper analyzes how family structure and fertility alter children quality in Colombia. Reduced form models to … outcomes are outlined, revealing that marriage has a positive link with child quality and fertility has a negative link with …

of children delays the timing. The model can be used to predict upper bound fertility rates, when the expected divorce …

für Deutschland nichts Gutes verheißt. Die Alterung der Bevölkerung bedroht die sozialen Sicherungssysteme, führt zu … Entwicklungen in Deutschland zu. …

determinants of fertility can be measured when at risk rather than ex-post, thus helping to reduce the risk of reverse causality … average, a different birth history trajectory, but with negligible curtailment of completed fertility. …

In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … benefit reform in Germany that considerably increased the financial incentives, by up to 21,000 EUR, for highly educated and … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In …