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 …

Historically, there is clear evidence of an inverse relationship between female labour supply and fertility. However …, the relationship across countries is now positive. Countries like Germany and Italy, with the lowest fertility, also have … female labour supply and higher fertility …

We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a … childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower … a negligible effect on fertility. …