Do Financial Incentives on High Parity Birth Affect Fertility? Evidence from the Order of Glorious Mother in Mongolia

Tang Cheng-Tao (), Wong Chun Yee () and Batzorig Ayush
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Tang Cheng-Tao: IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan
Wong Chun Yee: IUJ Research Institute, International University of University

No EMS_2022_01, Working Papers from Research Institute, International University of Japan

Abstract: This paper exploits the change in award criteria of a pronatalist program in the Mongolia that offers financial transfers to women achieving fertility goals at high parity birth. We implement a quasi-experiment strategy by forming treatment and control groups defined by time and child parity. We found positive effect of the program on fertility, and the fertility response is diminishing when the high fertility goal jumps from a lower one to a higher one. An extension of Barro–Becker fertility model with the inclusion of social norm can support our empirical finding.

Keywords: Fertility, Pro-natalist program; Social norm; Difference-in-differences; Mongolia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 J13 J18 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2022-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-exp and nep-ore
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