Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246780 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 984
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper examines fertility and labor supply responses to a French policy reform that consisted in conditioning the amount of child allowances on household income. Relying on Regression Discontinuity Design and administrative income data, the paper finds that restricting family allowance eligibility criteria decreases fertility. The results also highlight that receiving half the amount of the allowances or not receiving any leads to an increase in both male and female labor supply. Auxiliary regressions show that at least part of the decline in fertility is due to timing effects, as the fertility impact declines as women's age increases.
Subjects: 
family policy
child allowances
fertility
labor supply
France
JEL: 
H53
J21
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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