For many of those who worked to include an expanded Child Tax Credit in the 2021 American Rescue Plan, an important motivation was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a permanent U.S. child allowance similar to those provided in other rich countries. Because this expansion was...

Main description: The Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow directs his attention here to one of today's most controversial social issues: how to get people off welfare and into jobs. With characteristic eloquence, wit, and rigor, Solow condemns the welfare reforms recently passed by...

We study the fertility effects of the 1997 Quebec Family Policy, which introduced universal childcare and simultaneously ended its newborn allowance. Using a 20% sample of Canadian tax returns, we find that the reform reduced overall fertility at the intensive margin but had varying impacts by...

The initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout likely posed particular financial strain on U.S. households with children, who faced income disruptions from widespread jobs and hours cuts in addition to new childcare and instruction demands. One common expense for...

Die kinderzahlabhängige Rente bleibt ein Dauerbrenner in der politischen und der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion über künftige Rentenreformen, sei es als "Kinderrente" oder "Elternrente", als Differenzierung des Beitragssatzes oder der Rentenhöhe. Die Diskussionen um die...

Viele westliche Industriestaaten, und Deutschland insbesondere, weisen eine niedrige Geburtenrate auf. Um diesem Problem entgegenzuwirken, setzt Deutschland auf ein Ensemble kostenintensiver familienpolitischer Maßnahmen. Um Aussagen über den Nutzen dieser familienpolitischen Leistungen machen...