Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Cheng-Tao Tang
Author-Name-First: Tang
Author-Name-Last: Cheng-Tao
Author-Email: ct.tang@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan
Author-Name: Chun Yee Wong
Author-Name-First: Wong
Author-Name-Last: Chun Yee
Author-Email: jcywong@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: IUJ Research Institute, International University of University
Author-Name: Ayush Batzorig
Author-Name-First: Batzorig
Author-Name-Last: Ayush
Title: Do Financial Incentives on High Parity Birth Affect Fertility? Evidence from the Order of Glorious Mother in Mongolia
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.
Classification-JEL: J13, J18, H31, P23
Length: 37 pages
Creation-Date: 2022-04
Number: EMS_2022_01
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2022_01.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2021
File-Size: 873KB
Keywords: Fertility, Pro-natalist program; Social norm; Difference-in-differences; Mongolia
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2022_01