through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a novel empirical test of standard neoclassical models of fertility that … fertility rates. This implies that the well-documented cyclical nature of fertility rates is about access to liquidity. We also …

unemployment and the childcare system may be highly valuable. Applying a fairly standard OLG model with endogenous fertility and …

, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among … effect on the propensity to have a first child in Germany and the UK, where institutional settings aggravate work … does not, however, generally apply to French women or to highly educated women in Germany and the UK, who, when unemployed …

The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …