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It is well known that highly "female" fields of study in tertiary education are characterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …
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during the famine. Finally, controlling for pre-famine fertility, we find that women who were pregnant during the Famine …
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This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), I apply event history methods to analyze first-birth decisions in France, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results...
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With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis … model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the … program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman. …
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Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …
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Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …
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This paper investigates the role of childcare provided by grandparents for the fertility decisions of their offspring …-bearing years increases by about five percent the number of children. We show that the fertility effects of delayed retirement are … lowest low fertility we conclude that pension reforms may have had unintended inter-generational effects. This conclusion is …
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This paper examines the effects of a major change in German parental transfer system on fertility. I use the largely …-order fertility. Given the recent introduction, this paper evaluates short-run responses by using data from the German Microcensus …-run fertility responses are less pronounced and vary with potential earnings. The heterogeneity is in line with the structure of …
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Germany has the lowest birth rate among all OECD countries. To encourage fertility, the federal government has recently … fertility may be reversed through changes in public policy that allow women to combine employment and motherhood. …
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Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …
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