, affect fertility. We use a comprehensive, nonpublic, individual-level panel dataset that includes fertility histories and … positive effect on fertility, with the mean level of child subsidies producing a 7.8 percent increase in fertility. The … positive effect of child subsidies on fertility is concentrated in the bottom half of the income distribution. It is present …

Whereas most of the world has experienced decreasing fertility during the past half century, Israel has experienced a … puzzling mix of trends. Completed fertility has decreased sharply in some ethnic-religious groups (Mizrahi Jews and non … can only be described as a reverse fertility transition, fertility has increased substantially (from about 3 to 6 children …

This paper investigates how fertility responds to changes in the price of a marginal child and in household income. We … construct a large, individual-level panel data set of married Israeli women during the period 1999-2005 that contains fertility … subsidy for infra-marginal children). We find a significant and positive price effect on fertility: the mean level of marginal …

This paper investigates how fertility responds to changes in the price of a marginal child and in household income. We … construct a large, individual-level panel data set of married Israeli women during the period 1999-2005 that contains fertility … subsidy for infra-marginal children). We find a significant and positive price effect on fertility: the mean level of marginal …