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Economic Security and Fertility: Evidence from the Mincome Experiment

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  • Tuna Dökmeci

    (Department of Economics, European University Institute)

  • Carla Rainer

    (Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • Alyssa Schneebaum

    (Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Abstract

Using experimental data, this paper analyzes the relationship between households' economic security and their fertility decisions for low-income households. Between 1974 and 1977, a randomized controlled trial was conducted in Manitoba, Canada in which the treatment groups received differing levels of guaranteed annual income. All of the program participants were low-income households. We find positive effects of the program on the probability of child birth that range between 7 to 10 percentage points.

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  • Tuna Dökmeci & Carla Rainer & Alyssa Schneebaum, 2023. "Economic Security and Fertility: Evidence from the Mincome Experiment," Department of Economics Working Papers wuwp332, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    fertility; economic security; policy analysis; guaranteed annual income; negative income tax;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy

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