reform, children are 8 percentage points less likely to attend public daycare which implies a compensated price elasticity of … effects on older siblings and fertility decisions show that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family …

contribution due to the biological costs of giving birth. Second, we provide causal estimates on the impact of two family policies …Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child … development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings …

Financial support for families with children implies inherent trade-offs some of which are less obvious than others. In … the system of financial support for families with children. We focus on: 1) the trade-off between redistribution of income … consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform. …