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Fertility, household structure, and parental labor supply : evidence from rural China
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2015
This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336961
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Fertility, Household Structure, and Parental Labor Supply : Evidence from Rural China
Li, Hongbin - 2015
This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015013
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Who cares : deciphering China's female employment paradox
Yu, Haiyue; Cao, Jin; Kang, Shulong - 2021
intra-family childcare support provided by grandparents. Correcting the selection bias that stems from women's fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012515581
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Does Birth Spacing Affect Female Labor Market Participation? Evidence from Urban China
Jiang, Xiandeng - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of birth spacing on female labor market participation in urban China. Employing household panel surveys between 1989 and 2011 and exploiting variations in time intervals between the first and second child, we find that spacing births at longer intervals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012845491
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Jobs and kids : female employment and fertility in China
Fang, Hai; Eggleston, Karen; Rizzo, John A.; … - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-25
affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship … between the two should be better understood. Causality flows in both directions; hence, we use a plausible instrumental … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222267
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335837
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352240
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352308
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China: 1982 - 2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Lan, Chen; … - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269124
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China: 1982 - 2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Chen, Lan; … - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859380