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

Russian governments to influence family formation models and fertility levels, in order to improve the demographic situation … spheres (maternity/paternity leaves, workplace flexibility measures), fertility promotion, childbearing and childcare support …

This paper examines fertility and labor supply responses to a French policy reform that consisted in conditioning the …, the paper finds that restricting family allowance eligibility criteria decreases fertility. The results also highlight … supply. Auxiliary regressions show that at least part of the decline in fertility is due to timing effects, as the fertility …

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

undesirable, and where there is imperfect fertility control, leading to involuntary childlessness/parenthood. Using an equivalent … consumption approach in the consumption-fertility space, we first show that the identification of the worst-off individuals is not … robust to how the social evaluator fixes the reference fertility level. Adopting the ex post egalitarian social criterion …