fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …

Despite long-term interest whether welfare benefits motivate fertility, evidence from research has not been consistent …. This paper contributes new evidence to this debate by investigating the fertility effect of a German welfare reform. The … exclusive German social security data on over 460,000 affected women, our analysis finds the reform leads to a fertility …