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, motherhood, and wages. We find that heterogeneity leads to biased estimates of the quot;directquot; effects of marriage and … motherhood on wages (i.e., effects net of experience and tenure); first-difference estimates reveal no direct effect of marriage … or motherhood on women's wages. We also find statistical evidence that experience and tenure nay be endogenous variables …
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of the effect of teenage motherhood on women who give birth. If all abortions occur before any miscarriage can occur, OLS …We examine the effect of teenage childbearing on the adult outcomes of a sample of women who gave birth, miscarried or … on the sample of women who either have a live birth or miscarry provides an unbiased estimate of this effect. Under …
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employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall health, parenting stress, and parenting quality. First … dynamic panel data models to examine the effects of maternal employment on family outcomes during the first 4.5 years of … children's lives. Among mothers of six month old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive …
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The human capital explanation of sex differences in wages is that women intend to work in the labor market more … "feedback" hypothesis consistent with the same facts is that women experience labor market discrimination and respond with …. Working women who report experiencing discrimination are significantly more likely subsequently to change employers, and to …
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This chapter focuses on women, work, and family, with a particular focus on differences by educational attainment … production, including time with children. In looking at family, we focus on mothers with children. Next we examine key challenges … faced by mothers as they seek to combine motherhood and paid work: workforce interruptions associated with childbearing, the …
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This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force … convergence in fertility and schooling, changes in labor-force participation, age upon marriage, marriage and divorce rates, and … compromise children quality, larger role for women in family decision making, less religiosity, and positive attitude towards …
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effects of pregnancy and childbirth on women's ability to work, while the introduction of infant formula reduced mothers … and motherhood, were essential for the rise in married women's participation and the evolution of their economic role …The entry of married women into the labor force is one of the most notable economic phenomena of the twentieth century …
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This paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following … policy environment has important effects, particularly for less advantaged mothers. There is a potential conflict between …
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teen marriage effects are largest and most precisely estimated for white women while the teen fertility and out …-of-wedlock childbearing effects are largest and most precisely estimated for black women. The relatively modest fertility and marriage … state abortion reforms had a negative impact on teen marriage, teen fertility, and teen out- of-wedlock childbearing. The …
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U.S. fertility rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for women born in … boom and generated a rise in women's human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for subsequent … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
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