logarithm per capita output, above which fertility decline reverses, depends on subsidized child care, maternity pay, and the … cross country differences in gender wages, family policy and willingness to substitute maternal time in child rearing as … important factors in an inverse J-shaped effect of economic growth on fertility. The analysis is robust to the introduction of …

explained by differences in human capital characteristics and labor market experience. As part of the gender pay gap, the … initiatives aiming to increase fertility rates in post-socialist countries, such as the costly “baby bonus,” which is a government …