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Financial incentives, the timing of births, birth complications, and newborns' health: Evidence from the abolition of Austria's baby bonus

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We analyze the fertility and health effects resulting from the abolition of the Austrian baby bonus in January 1997. The abolition of the benefit was publicly announced about ten months in advance, creating the opportunity for prospective parents to (re-)schedule conceptions accordingly. We find robust evidence that, within the month before the abolition, about 8% more children were born as a result of (re-)scheduling conceptions. At the same time, there is no evidence that mothers deliberately manipulated the date of birth through medical intervention. We also find a substantial and significant increase in the fraction of birth complications, but no evidence for any resulting adverse effects on newborns' health.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6141

Classification
Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Subject
baby bonus
scheduling of conceptions
timing of births
policy announcement
abolition effect
birth complications
medical intervention
Kinder
Familienleistungsausgleich
Ökonomischer Anreiz
Familienplanung
Privater Haushalt
Österreich

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Brunner, Beatrice
Kuhn, Andreas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2011

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201112136949
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Brunner, Beatrice
  • Kuhn, Andreas
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2011

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