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Meier, Volker; Rainer, Helmut - 2014

We consider a bargaining model in which husband and wife decide on the allocation of time and disposable income. Since her bargaining power would go down otherwise more strongly, the wife agrees to have a child only if the husband also leaves the labor market for a while. The daddy months...

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Fixed-term employment and fertility: Evidence from German micro data

Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014

We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …

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Fixed-Term Employment and Fertility: Evidence from German Micro Data

Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014

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Fixed-Term Employment and Fertility: Evidence from German Micro Data

Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014

We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contracton subsequent fertility outcomes … well as fertility behavior. Ourmain results are: Women (i) tend to postpone first birth due to fixed-term employmentat …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500372

Expected and unexpected consequences of childbearing - a methodologically and politically important distinction that is overlooked

Kravdal, Øystein - 2016

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 …

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Population and Economic Growth: A Review Essay

Škare, Marinko; Blažević, Sanja - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 17 (2015) 40, pp. 1036-1053

For centuries, scientists from various scientific fields have been leading lively discussions on the (bidirectional) relationship between population growth and economic growth. Particular attention was given to the nature of the population growth variable, i.e. whether it is an endogenous or...

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Can Financial Incentives Reduce the Baby Gap? Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave Benefits

Raute, Anna Christina - 2017

To assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between high … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated … versus low educated women, I find a positive, statistically significant effect of increased benefits on fertility, driven …

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Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? Evidence Based on Child Preference Data

Hener, Timo - 2010

heterogeneous and homogeneous preferences derivedfrom household models. Our results indicate that couples bargain over fertility …

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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013

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 …

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Are Family Allowances and Fertility-related pensions Siamese Twins?

Fenge, Robert; Meier, Volker - 2004

-as-you-go pension system. Family allowances are compared to introducing a fertility-related component into the pension formula. In an …

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