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Female labor supply and fertility : causal evidence for Latin America
Tortarolo, Darío - 2014
In this paper I study the causal relationship between fertility and female labor supply using census data from 14 Latin …-balanced family (mixed-sex children) is exploited as a source of exogenous variation in fertility. Although OLS estimates suggest a … sibling sex composition on fertility. The noisy and imprecise IV estimates for Latin America in the second-stage can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380431
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Fertility and Female Labor Supply in Latin America : New Causal Evidence
Cruces, Guillermo; Galiani, Sebastian - 2013
We study the effect of fertility on maternal labor supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a source of exogenous …, compared to the US, fertility is known to be higher, female education levels are much lower and there are fewer formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151413
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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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Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countries
Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Edo, María; … - 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/10012651104
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Gender Differences in the Distribution of Total Work-Time of Latin-American Families: The Importance of Social Norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; … - 2015
We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513175
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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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Gender differences in the distribution of total work-time of Latin-American families : the importance of social norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2015
We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501875
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Globalization and Culture Shaping the Gender Gap : A Comparative Analysis of Urban Latin America and East Asia (1970 - 2000)
Camps, Enriqueta - 2014
In this paper we present: 1. The available data on comparative gender inequality at the macroeconomic level and 2. Gender inequality measures at the microeconomic and case study level. We see that market openness has a significant effect on the narrowing of the human capital gender gap....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071036
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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