Sibling-sex composition and its effects on fertility and labor supply of Greek mothers
Using Greek census data and applying IV-estimation techniques [Angrist, J., and Evans, W., 1998, Children and their parents' labor supply: evidence from exogenous variation in family size, American Economic Review, 88(3) 450-577.], we investigate whether the sex composition of children identifies the causal effect of fertility on maternal employment. Sibling-sex composition appears to be a rather weak instrument in Greece, a low-fertility/low-employment country.
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2009
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Authors: | Daouli, Joan ; Demoussis, Michael ; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas |
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Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 102.2009, 3, p. 189-191
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | Fertility Female employment Instrumental variables Greece |
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