Fertility effects of child benefits

We exploit the 1996 reform of the German child benefit program to identify the causal effect of heterogeneous child benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by household income and the number of children. We use these heterog...

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Volume:	30
Main Author:	Riphahn, Regina T Wiynck, Frederik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2017 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	Journal of population economics Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 1135 - 1184
Data of publication:	20171000
ISSN:	0933-1433 1432-1475
EISSN:	1432-1475
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Economics Population Economics Tax allowance SOEP Demography C54 J13 Labor Economics I38 Causal effect Fertility Difference in differences Mikrozensus Child benefits Social Policy Business & Economics Social Sciences SYSTEM Tax allowance SOEP PERSONAL EXEMPTION REFORM RATES Causal effect POLICY GERMANY Fertility Difference in differences Mikrozensus Child benefits FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
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Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS