We use miscarriage as a biological shock to fertility in order to estimate the causal impact of motherhood on labor …

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 …

positive effect of an instrument-induced increase in fertility on maternal employment driven by an increase in informal work …

This paper constructs and estimates a dynamic discrete choice structural model of female employment and fertility … effects of cash benefits seem modest. Overall, parental leave policies have little effect on fertility. …

This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF (in vitro fertilization) induced fertility variation among … treatment success provides a plausible instrument for childbearing. Our IV estimates indicate that fertility effects on earnings … are: ( i) negative, large and long lasting; ( ii) driven by fertility effects on hourly earnings and not so much on labor …

employment and fertility among women, as well as long‐run cognitive outcomes among children. A dynamic structural model of … employment, fertility, and child care use is estimated using Norwegian administrative data. The estimation exploits a large … that the reform generates sizable changes in employment and fertility decisions, especially among low‐education women. We …