Using data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers (JPSC)1994-2006, we examine the effect of child birth on fathers … sample into two birth year cohorts (born in or before 1960 and born after 1960). We find that birth of child significantly … 2002), the effect of child birth on labor supply is large but the effect on wage rates are relatively small in Japan. We …

price on child birth in Japan. We find that the decrease in the price of recreation goods contributes to the decline in … child birth. Traditionally, research studies focused mainly on relationships between child birth and women’s wage, women …’s labor supply and educational spending, but we show here that leisure is also an important factor affecting child birth …