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

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Project Citation:

González, Libertad. Replication data for: The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114827V1

Project Description

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.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Fertility; Abortions; Labor Supply

JEL Classification:
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply

Geographic Coverage: Spain

Time Period(s): 2007 – 2009

Universe: Women having a child in Spain in 2007 and surrounding years.

Data Type(s): survey data; administrative records data; observational data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals,

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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