Hungarian family policy focuses on providing generous options to take time off work to look after children. This system … failed to significantly influence fertility rates and is relatively expensive to run. This paper looks at how to shift the …

investment in human capital. In particular, the human capital investment of households with 1-3 children tends to be more … pronounced than that of households with more than 3 children. Moreover, households with 1-3 children act as an important …

Public support to families with pre-school children can be in the form of cash benefits (e.g. child allowances) or of … policies. On average, cash and in-kind transfers each constitute 7 – 8% of the incomes of families with young children. Both … poverty among children enrolled in childcare is more than halved. This reduction is highest in Belgium, France, Hungary …

Public support to families with pre-school children can be in the form of cash benefits (e.g. child allowances) or of … policies. On average, cash and in-kind transfers each constitute 7 – 8% of the incomes of families with young children. Both … poverty among children enrolled in childcare is more than halved. This reduction is highest in Belgium, France, Hungary …

career, early support for children, fulfilling the desire to have children, and compensating for inequalities between … children. There should be further investment in this measure - current parent participation should be retained initially and … erstmals zentrale Instrumente der deutschen Familienpolitik systematisch und umfassend evaluiert. Dabei wurden folgende …

A subject of considerable policy concern is the problem presented by declining fertility rates for social security … labour force participation and fertility. A solution to the problem can be found in policies that allow an increase in female … labour supply and fertility simultaneously. …

role of family planning services and the cost of children in mediating the causal effect of income on fertility, subject to …This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly incorporates both the costs of childrearing and … and sexual behaviours; and the ideal number of children is chosen by maximizing the utility of children, subject to a …

currently married, and how many children they have. …