affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship …Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment … prospects affect fertility. Then a well-validated instrumental variable isolates this effect. Female employment reduces a …

births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …

increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …This paper examines the effect of the introduction of a 1982 maternity benefit program on childbearing, employment and … paid leave and a small cash payment at birth. We use individual-level panel data on birth, employment and marital status …

first-born of the early 1960s: they grew up much more often in "modern" families (two children max, working mother and … significant likelihood of parental divorce) than children of higher birth orders born at the same time in other families. However …, this change in family environment did not coincide with any decline in their educational or occupational achievement. …