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 …

human capital. In a framework with heterogeneity in productivity, and stochastic and endogenous investment in fertility and … displays both a benefit contingent on the contributions of children and a purely fertility-related component. …

We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … planned children and/or to increase fertility. We study the quantitative effect of this incentive using an empirical strategy … when the child became 18 months old brought about no change in fertility behavior, but a labor supply effect that is …

affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …

This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …

. In this investigation, the fertility choice response to this policy across maternal age and birth order are measured … early 1980s. The results suggest that the policy has elicited fertility behaviour change, evidenced by a higher cumulative … growth in fertility of maternal age groups 20-29, which is sustained past 2008, even as a growth in birth rates of older …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …