involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the … organization of the family. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; welfare state ; risk sharing …

) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects on fertility from a theoretical perspective. Then I refer to previous empirical studies that have examined these … have been able to identify causal effect, the evidence generally suggests positive fertility responses among high …

heterogeneity of rearing costs and of enjoying children is introduced. Two major results: (i) excluding negative savings, fertility … decreases with pension contributions and increases with taxes; (ii) the introduction of fertility-dependent pensions may … strengthen heterogeneity in fertility. …

the fertility decisions, it is very difficult to estimate the average effect. On the other hand, the existence of … make fertility decisions knew the consequences of childbearing that are currently unexpected to them. Thus, a reasonable … state response to low fertility might be to support research on whether families on the whole would be better off with more …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria …

This paper analyzes Singapore’s multi-pronged approach to managing prolonged low fertility which has led to population … one hand, and meeting its residents’ needs and expectations on the other. In spite of many measures to boost fertility … levels (official Total Fertility Rate was 1.29 in 2007, a rate at which population is reduced by 50% in 45 years), as well as …

a positive fertility effect for women in couples and show that this is the case. We find that there was an increase in … births (by around 15 per cent) among the group affected by the reforms. -- Welfare reform ; Fertility ; Working Families Tax …