期刊名称：Documents de Travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
印刷版ISSN：1955-611X
出版年度：2017
出版社：Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
摘要：This paper shows that di erences in fertility across European countries mainlyemerge due to fewer women having two children in low fertility countries. It furthersuggests that childcare services are an important determinant for the transition to asecond child to occur. The theoretical framework we propose suggests that (i) incountries where childcare coverage is low, there is a U-shaped relationship between acouple's probability of having a second child and the woman's potential wage, while(ii) in countries with easy access to childcare, this probability is positively related withthe woman's potential wage. Data from the European Union Statistics on Income andLiving Conditions (EU-SILC) con rm these implications when estimating a woman'sprobability of having a second child as a function of education. This implies thatmiddle income women are the most a ected ones by the lack of access to formal andsubsidized childcare.
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