Università della Svizzera italiana

Fertility decisions and pension reforms : evidence from natural experiments in Italy

Billari, Francesco C. ; Galasso, Vincenzo

The emergence of old-age social security has been linked to general fertility decline, and in recent years pension reforms have emerged as a response to the challenges of population ageing, in turn partially a consequence of fertility decline. Understanding the link between social security and low fertility is therefore very important. In this paper we analyse the link between fertility and...