Replication data for: The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Libertad González

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Summary:  View help for Summary 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.

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      J16 Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
      I38 Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J13 Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth


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