O'Donoghue, Cathal; Meredith, David; O'Shea, Eamon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
early 1970’s has seen
large economic changes. While the late 1990’s have seen high growth rates, much
of the period of … under analysis (1970-1994) has occurred during periods of high
unemployment. The male unemployment rate (see Figure 2c … upward trend in unemployment coincided with the start of the
postponement of maternity in the early 1980’s (Figure 2a). This …