Replication data for: Fertility and the Personal Exemption: Comment

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Project Citation:

Crump, Richard, Goda, Gopi Shah, and Mumford, Kevin J. Replication data for: Fertility and the Personal Exemption: Comment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112441V1

Project Description

Summary: One of the most commonly cited studies on the effect of child subsidies on fertility, Whittington, Alm, and Peters (1990), claimed a large positive effect of child tax benefits on fertility using time series methods. We revisit this question in light of recent increases in child tax benefits by replicating this earlier study and extending the analysis. We do not find strong evidence to justify the model specification from the original paper. Moreover, even if the original specification is appropriate, we show that the results are not robust to more general measures of child tax benefits. (JEL H24, J13)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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