) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects on fertility from a theoretical perspective. Then I refer to previous empirical studies that have examined these … have been able to identify causal effect, the evidence generally suggests positive fertility responses among high …

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 …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children’s education is negatively … policymakers and researchers evaluate the total benefit of family planning policies, both policies to lower fertility and policies …

migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis, encounter new fertility norms in their host countries and then bring … them back home. These new fertility norms can be higher or lower than those in their country of origin. So the new … fertility norms that result from migration flows can either accelerate or slow down a demographic transition in migrant …

inflows and fertility rates. …