Childbearing age, family allowances and social security

Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere

No 2011059, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: Although the optimal policy under endogenous fertility has been widely studied, the optimal public intervention under endogenous childbearing age has remained largely unexplored. This paper examines the optimal family policy in a context where the number and the timing of births are chosen by individuals who differ as to how early fertility can weaken future earnings growth. We analyze the design of a policy of family allowances and of public pensions in such a setting, under distinct informational environments. We show how endogenous childbearing ages affect the optimal policy, through the redistribution across the earnings dimension and the internalization of fertility externalities. It is also shown that, contrary to common practice, children benefits differentiated according to the age of parents can, under some conditions, be part of the optimal family policy.

Keywords: endogenous fertility; childbearing age; pensions; family benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 H21 H55 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12-07
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