This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …

This paper examines the effects of a major change in German parental transfer system on fertility. I use the largely …-order fertility. Given the recent introduction, this paper evaluates short-run responses by using data from the German Microcensus …-run fertility responses are less pronounced and vary with potential earnings. The heterogeneity is in line with the structure of …

Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … Union. Fertility rates are converging on - and sometimes falling below - rates in Western Europe, most of which are below …

fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …

This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefit scheme on fertility. I …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …

To assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between high … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated … versus low educated women, I find a positive, statistically significant effect of increased benefits on fertility, driven …

special attention to estimating how intended fertility (fertility before children are born) responds to these policies. We use … two evaluation tools: (i) a dynamic model on fertility, labor supply, outsourced childcare time, parental time, asset … expenditure to increase fertility to the replacement level might be viewed as prohibitively high. …