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 …

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

a positive fertility effect for women in couples and show that this is the case. We find that there was an increase in … births (by around 15 per cent) among the group affected by the reforms. -- Welfare reform ; Fertility ; Working Families Tax …

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 …

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

Nordic combination of high levels of female employment and relatively high levels of fertility has prompted the notion that …, reviews of the literature do not come to a conclusion about how policies influence fertility. One reason for this may be found … restricted to specific policies. Another reason is that social policies that may influence fertility often have goals other than …