arrangements, family allowances, and labour market flexibility. Our empirical results show that a non-negligible portion of the … differences in participation and fertility rates for women from different European countries can be attributed to the … educational levels, childcare and optional parental leaves have a larger impact on the fertility and participation decisions of …

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

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …

Transition’ is analyzing the longterm determinants of fertility by carrying out family reconstitutions of three Württemberg …

Building on anthropological evidence, we develop a model of intra-household decision making on fertility and child …

increases in the prevalence of step-families. Research on step-family fertility in several European countries and the United … several European fertility and family surveys show that previously observed patterns of stepfamily childbearing are replicated …

. Some examples are: (a) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (b) the decline in agricultural employment … fertility that occurred during the baby boom. The analysis emphasizes the role of technological progress as a catalyst for …