In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

This paper investigates whether the effects of affordable and easily available public child care on fertility and … effects on fertility and maternal employment are driven by women who face relatively higher career costs of children: women in …

This paper investigates whether the effects of affordable and easily available public child care on fertility and … effects on fertility and maternal employment are driven by women who face relatively higher career costs of children: women in …

This chapter reviews the literature on the causal effects of policies on fertility. It focuses on evidence from … experiments and quasi-experiments in low fertility contexts, including studies from Europe, Northern America, Oceania and Asia … insurance, and financial incentives such as child transfers. Childcare expansions increase completed fertility. Financial …

What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform … fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by tempo … effects or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about suboptimally low fertility by suggesting …