abortion legislation as an instrument for fertility. We find a large negative effect of the fertility rate on female labor …We estimate the effect of fertility on female labor force participation in a cross-country panel data set using … persistent over time giving an effect among older women. We present a simulation model of the effect of fertility reduction on …

abortion legislation as an instrument for fertility. We find a large negative effect of the fertility rate on female labor …We estimate the effect of fertility on female labor force participation in a cross-country panel data set using … persistent over time giving an effect among older women. We present a simulation model of the effect of fertility reduction on …

research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal … across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over both fertility and labour … health technologies have muted the familycareer tradeoff primarily by allowing women to time their fertility, policy has not …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … both fertility and labour force participation are subject to multiple constraints. We observe that, while technological … fertility, policy has not achieved as much as it might. …