Does subsidizing childbirth affect the overall fertility or just the timing of births? Do such policies have … equilibrium effects? We evaluate the effects of a series of subsidies, called Maternity Capital, aimed at increasing fertility in … Russia introduced in 2007-2012. Maternity Capital resulted in a significant increase in fertility both in the short run (by …

on female labor market participation, expenditure on childcare services, and child health outcomes using the Longitudinal … payments in households where the annual income of the higher-earning exceeded their threshold encouraged mothers to start …, we find that some mothers who started working as part-time workers because of the cuts in CB used to work full …