In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …, subsidies for external child care, and parental leave payments. We compare the impact on the quantity and quality of children …

by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the …We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at …

This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic …

children do not reflect the true extent of son preference in high fertility countries such as Pakistan, where the success of … preference on fertility behaviour in Pakistan, accurate measurement of the forms this gender bias can take is necessary to … measure of son preference called 'gender preferences at birth' (GPB) is presented. GPB combines stated fertility preferences …

-Evans (1998) reduced-form natural experiment of having two first children of the same sex on the probability of an incremental …

-Evans (1998) reduced-form natural experiment of having two first children of the same sex on the probability of an incremental …

higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18 years old. There are no detectable gender differences before or after … Survey Marriage and Fertility Supplements. …