IDENTIFYING THE RESPONSE OF FERTILITY TO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES (replication data)

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While using financial incentives to increase fertility has become relatively common, the effects of such policies are difficult to assess. We propose an identification strategy that relies on the fact that the variation in wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among comparable households. We implement our approach by estimating a discrete-choice model of female participation and fertility using individual data from the French Labor Force Survey and a detailed representation of the French tax-benefit system. Our results suggest that financial incentives have had a significant effect on fertility decisions in France. As an example, we simulate the effects of an additional, unconditional child credit of 150 euros per month. The effects are strongest for the third child.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15456/jae.2022321.0713780305
Metadata Access https://www.da-ra.de/oaip/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:oai.da-ra.de:775675
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Creator Laroque, Guy; Salanié, Bernard
Publisher ZBW - Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Publication Year 2014
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY); Download
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Contact ZBW - Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Language English
Resource Type Collection
Discipline Economics