Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …

countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … Europe respond to economic insecurity. We analyse both, the individual economic status as well as increased insecurity due to …

After the fall of the Berlin wall, the total fertility rate in East Germany tumbled from 1.7 (1989) to a stunning 0 … suggest that women postpone fertility when the wage penalty for time off work in the current period are high; and the … fertility decline and demonstrate that incentives in the labor market have a strong influence on fertility decisions. …

Increasing mothers labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a … opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to become mothers and return to the labor force rapidly. Using a …-run effects on mothers employment probability are positive, significant and large, for some subgroups ranging up to 10 per cent …

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 …. However, this effect is mainly driven by mothers on the lower bound of the benefit. Among mothers above the lower bound, short …

Germany has the lowest birth rate among all OECD countries. To encourage fertility, the federal government has recently … fertility may be reversed through changes in public policy that allow women to combine employment and motherhood. …