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This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …
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We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to a health innovation that led to reductions in … allow women to start fertility later and invest more in the labor market. We present a new theory of fertility that …
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We investigate the importance of subjective expectations of returns to and effort costs of the two main investments that mothers make in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation. We find heterogeneity across mothers in expected effort costs and expected returns for outcomes in the cognitive,...
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IVF allows women to delay birth and pursue careers, but IVF massively increases the risk of twin birth. There is … limited evidence of how having twins influences women's post-birth careers. We investigate this, leveraging a single embryo … health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …
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research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal … extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women's participation but also of … across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over both fertility and labour …
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This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013282876