Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
August 15, 2012
Summary:
In this paper we investigate how career considerations may affect fertility decisions in the presence of a temporary employment shock. We compare the birth rates of women displaced by a plant closure with those of women unaffected by job loss after establishing the pre-displacement comparability of these groups. Our results reveal that job displacement reduces average fertility by 5%–10%, and that these effects are largely explained by the response of women in more skilled occupations. We offer an explanation of our results based on career interruptions of women.
Published in
Journal of the European Economic Association
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 10 , p.659 -683
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01074.x
ISSN
15424766
Subjects
Notes
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