Arbeitspapier

Does fertility respond to financial incentives?

There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among comparable households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice model of female participation and fertility, using individual data from the French Labor Force Survey and a fairly detailed representation of the French tax-benefit system. Our results suggest that financial incentives play a notable role in determining fertility decisions in France, both for the first and for the third child. As an example, an unconditional child benefit with a direct cost of 0.3% of GDP might raise total fertility by about 0.3 point.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3575

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
Population
fertility
incentives
benefits
Fruchtbarkeit
Familienpolitik
Ökonomischer Anreiz
Frankreich

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Laroque, Guy
Salanié, Bernard
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2008

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008071105
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2055, 11:23 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Laroque, Guy
  • Salanié, Bernard
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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