This chapter reviews the literature on the causal effects of policies on fertility. It focuses on evidence from … experiments and quasi-experiments in low fertility contexts, including studies from Europe, Northern America, Oceania and Asia … insurance, and financial incentives such as child transfers. Childcare expansions increase completed fertility. Financial …

a positive fertility effect for women in couples and show that this is the case. We find that there was an increase in …

This paper presents evidence on the fertility effect of welfare from a set of reforms that took place in the UK in 1999 …-in-differences approach to evaluate their impact on fertility. A priori, the fertility effect of the reforms is ambiguous because WFTC has pro …

show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …, families try to mitigate the ex-ante undesired shift in the power balance. This bias in fertility choices provides scope for … overcome the fertility bias. …

show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …, families try to mitigate the ex-ante undesired shift in the power balance. This bias in fertility choices provides scope for … overcome the fertility bias. …

families with children. Faced with the lowest (and declining) fertility rate in Canada, the government of the province of … evaluate the effects of generous tax and transfer policies on fertility. The paper uses the important change in family policy … application of the Bongaarts-Feeney formula that accounts for the impact of changes in the quantum and tempo of fertility by birth …

How are notional defined contribution (NDC) pension schemes and fertility correlated? How is the return rate of NDC … account determined? This study elucidates the dynamics of the correlations between NDC pension schemes and fertility by …. Unemployment exists due to efficiency wages. The theoretical analysis reveals that the fertility and NDC pension account return …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the heterogeneity among …