, affect fertility. We use a comprehensive, nonpublic, individual-level panel dataset that includes fertility histories and … positive effect on fertility, with the mean level of child subsidies producing a 7.8 percent increase in fertility. The … positive effect of child subsidies on fertility is concentrated in the bottom half of the income distribution. It is present …

labor income tax on the fertility rate and per capita consumption. The effects on per capita consumption are opposite in the …

proportion to existing fertility levels (grandfathering) instead of being allocated equally, population control can be made even …

Population policies are defined here as voluntary programs which help people control their fertility and expect to … improve their lives. There are few studies of the long-run effects of policy-induced changes in fertility on the welfare of … contraception or age-specific fertility. The dearth of long-run family planning experiments has led economists to consider …

interventions; (3) the conditions affecting fertility, family time allocation, and human capital investments; and (4) the …

policy to influence fertility behaviour and preferences. For effective implementation of such programmes, media plays a … fertility behaviour by an increase in contraceptive use through a mass media campaign. The childbearing dynamics of women is …

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the … total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among … economists, policymakers, and the wider public about the economic consequences of low fertility and population decline. In this …

Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend … Italy display lower fertility rates than France, the United Kongdom, and the Scandinavian countries. All countries use some …. Although these measures are mainly motivated by equity considerations, they will generally also have an impact on fertility. …