increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an … increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …

We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … planned children and/or to increase fertility. We study the quantitative effect of this incentive using an empirical strategy … when the child became 18 months old brought about no change in fertility behavior, but a labor supply effect that is …

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

We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … planned children and/or to increase fertility. We study the quantitative effect of this incentive using an empirical strategy … when the child became 18 months old brought about no change in fertility behavior, but a labor supply effect that is …

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

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

This paper analyses the association of labour market outcomes and family policies with fertility trends between 2002 … entire period, these years have been marked by an initial catching-up of total fertility rates after marked declines in … previous decades. Furthermore, after peaking in 2008, total fertility rates declined substantially, fueling concerns about …

.S. data and validating it with quasi-experimental evidence, I find that raising aggregate fertility to the replacement level …. The key to this result is that the marginal cost of child quality rises with fertility, and fertility effects of the … rewards, in-kind benefits are less cost-effective in raising fertility but have other advantages: subsidized childcare …

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …