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Does electrification spur the fertility transition? : evidence from Indonesia
Grimm, Michael; Sparrow, Robert; Tasciotti, Luca - 2014
We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the … fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350358
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Testing the inverseness of fertility and labor supply : the case of Ethiopia
Solomon, Blen (contributor); Kimmel, Jean (contributor) - 2009
We test the inverseness of fertility and labor supply for married women in Ethiopia to determine if previous research … (focusing on developed countries) that has found an inverse relationship between fertility and labor supply is applicable to … least developed countries. The research into fertility and labor supply has relied on a variety of methodologies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796331
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Testing the Inverseness of Fertility and Labor Supply : The Case of Ethiopia
Solomon, Blen - 2009
We test the inverseness of fertility and labor supply for married women in Ethiopia to determine if previous research … (focusing on developed countries) that has found an inverse relationship between fertility and labor supply is applicable to … least developed countries. The research into fertility and labor supply has relied on a variety of methodologies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765218
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Fertility and Parental Labor-Force Participation : New Evidence from a Developing Country in the Balkans
Trako, Iva - 2018
This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor-force participation in a developing country in the … order to address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, I exploit Albanian parental preference for having sons … parents with at least two children, I find a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on parental labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014132778
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The dynamics of women's labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … markets, fertility timing and child outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269754
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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … markets, fertility timing and child outcomes. -- Insurance ; women’s labour supply ; added worker effect ; business cycles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952941
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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … markets, fertility timing and child outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144690
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Motherhood and flexible jobs : evidence from Latin American countries
Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021
We study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Our main contributions are: (i) providing new and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432952
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The last hurdle? : unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America
Marchionni, Mariana; Pedrazzi, Julián - 2023
We assess whether motherhood could be the last hurdle to achieving gender equality in developing countries by exploring the link between motherhood and the overall gender gap in the labor market for 14 Latin American countries over the last two decades. Using pseudo- panels built from harmonized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468158
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Testing the inverseness of fertility and labor supply: the case of Ethiopia
Solomon, Blen; Kimmel, Jean - 2009
We test the inverseness of fertility and labor supply for married women in Ethiopia to determine if previous research … (focusing on developed countries) that has found an inverse relationship between fertility and labor supply is applicable to … least developed countries. The research into fertility and labor supply has relied on a variety of methodologies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269340