Assessing the impact of the maternity capital policy in Russia

Fabian Slonimczyk () and Anna Yurko

Labour Economics, 2014, vol. 30, issue C, 265-281

Abstract: With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis. Starting in 2007, the federal government has pursued an ambitious pro-natalist policy. Women who give birth to at least two children are entitled to “maternity capital” assistance ($11,000). In this paper we estimate a structural dynamic programming model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman.

Keywords: Fertility; Female labor supply; Structural estimation; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.03.004

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