We investigate the direct and long-run effects of fertility on employment in Europe estimating dynamic models of labor … supply under different assumptions regarding the exogeneity of fertility and modeling assumptions related to initial … flexibility of the labor markets and family policies. -- Intertemporal labor supply ; female employment ; fertility ; dynamic …

Although evidence suggests a correlation between fertility and employment, comparative studies on this topic are … Europe and the potential convergence in the impact of employment on fertility behaviours across European countries …. Furthermore, the study asks whether the relationship between employment and fertility is changing similarly across European …

Only a few rich nations are currently at replacement levels of fertility and many are considerably below. We believe … that changes in the status of women are driving fertility change. At low levels of female status, women specialize in … household production and fertility is high. In an intermediate phase, women have increasing opportunities to earn a living …

The authors investigate the direct and long-run effects of fertility on employment in Europe estimating dynamic models … of labor supply under different assumptions regarding the exogeneity of fertility and modeling assumptions related to …

Only a few rich nations are currently at replacement levels of fertility and many are considerably below. We believe … that changes in the status of women are driving fertility change. At low levels of female status, women specialize in … household production and fertility is high. In an intermediate phase, women have increasing opportunities to earn a living …