France: Cutting child benefits reduces births, increases work hours
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A 2023 study (Fertility and Labor Supply Responses to Child Allowances: The Introduction of Means-Tested Benefits in France by Nelly Elmallakh) finds that a 2014 reform in France making child allowances for young children means-tested led to fewer births among the wealthiest households and more hours worked by both men and women whose benefits were reduced or eliminated.
France: Cutting child benefits reduces births, increases work hours
France: Cutting child benefits reduces…
France: Cutting child benefits reduces births, increases work hours
A 2023 study (Fertility and Labor Supply Responses to Child Allowances: The Introduction of Means-Tested Benefits in France by Nelly Elmallakh) finds that a 2014 reform in France making child allowances for young children means-tested led to fewer births among the wealthiest households and more hours worked by both men and women whose benefits were reduced or eliminated.