While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are … relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care … falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in fertility is likely to change the optimal allocation of time, therefore, the …

effect of postponing motherhood is identified using biological fertility shocks, namely the occurrence of miscarriages and … from that of total fertility. Our estimates suggest that delaying the first birth by one year raises the likelihood of … maternal health status. -- delayed first birth ; fertility shocks ; Italy ; labor market, new mothers …

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 …

This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility … and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high …

This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF induced fertility variation in childless families to estimate the … IV estimates indicate that fertility effects are: (a) negative, large and long lasting; (b) much stronger at the …

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment …

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …

higher-order fertility. I use a differences-in-differences design to investigate the introduction of a German law in 2001 …

While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are … relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care … falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in fertility is likely to change the optimal allocation of time, therefore, the …