I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate … results suggest that child benefits of this kind may successfully increase fertility, as well as affecting family well …

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate … results suggest that child benefits of this kind may successfully increase fertility, as well as affecting family well …

in Germany. We argue that in the European institutional context the availability of public day care and informal child …

The relationship between education and fertility among individuals systematically varies by the education of the … education-fertility nexus and on associations between men's involvement with domestic work and fertility, this study … investigates the role of gendered domestic work divisions for the educational pairing-fertility relationship in couples. Using data …

This paper investigates whether and how regional social contexts influence fertility decisions of women living in … western Germany during the 1980s and 1990s. It is argued that regional opportunity structures as well as local patterns of … for the transition to the first and second child. The empirical analysis provides no evidence that fertility differentials …

characteristics and fertility history from different countries and, consequently, under different parental leave regulations. Results …