òòò½Íø Journal:
Economic Policy
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The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply
òòò½Íø Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 5,
no. 3, August 2013
(pp. 160–88)
Abstract
I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and maternal labor supply. I exploit the unanticipated introduction of a sizable child benefit in Spain in 2007. Following a regression discontinuity-type design, I find that the benefit significantly increased fertility, in part through a reduction in abortions. Families who received the benefit did not increase consumption. Instead, eligible mothers stayed out of the labor force longer after childbirth, which led to their children spending less time in formal child care.Citation
González, Libertad. 2013. "The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply." òòò½Íø Journal: Economic Policy 5 (3): 160–88. DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.3.160Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I38 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply