Children of a (policy) revolution. The introduction of universal child care and its effect on fertility.

Autor/inn/en	Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut
Titel	Children of a (policy) revolution. The introduction of universal child care and its effect on fertility. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kinder einer (politischen) Revolution. Die Einführung einer umfassenden Kinderbetreuung und ihr Einfluss auf die Fruchtbarkeit.
Quelle	In: Journal of the European Economic Association, 14 (2016) 4, S. 975-1005 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-4766; 1542-4774
DOI	10.1111/jeea.12158
Schlagwörter	Generatives Verhalten; Geburtenentwicklung; Kinderzahl; Familienpolitik; Förderung; Eltern; Kind; Kinderbetreuung; Kindergarten; Kindertagesstätte; Fruchtbarkeit; Geburtenhäufigkeit; Gesetz; Reformpolitik; Angebotsentwicklung; Alter; Auswirkung
Abstract	"What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform generating large temporal and spatial variation in child care coverage for children under the age of three. Our precise and robust estimates on birth register data reveal that increases in public child care have significant positive effects on fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by changes in the timing of births or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about low fertility by suggesting that universal early child care holds the promise of being an effective means of increasing birth rates." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/1