The impact of family policies on fertility in industrialized countries: a review of the literature

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Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives. (2011, background): “Another body of economic literature has examined tax provisions that beneﬁt families with children, but has shown these factors tend to have modest or no effects (e.g. Whittington, 1992; Zhang et al ., 1994; Kearny, 2004; Gauthier, 2007).”
Can Child Care Policy Encourage Employment and Fertility? Evidence from a Structural Model (2009, background): “Since only working women benefit from subsidized 1For a detailed survey, see Gauthier (2007).”
The Global Demography of Aging: Facts, Explanations, Future (2016, neutral): “8 Studies using macrolevel data have generally concluded the impact of government policies is most likely on the timing of births rather than completed fertility (Gauthier, 2007).”
Family policies in developed countries: a ‘fertility-booster’ with side-effects (2011, methodology): “Sleebos (2003) and Gauthier (2007), for example, observe that the results are often contradictory or inconclusive. Table 1 summarises the findings of the most recent cross-national studies. The majority of studies use TFR to capture fertility trends, which, as mentioned before, does not control for ”