Clash of career and family: fertility decisions after job displacement

Publication type

Journal Article

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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.

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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

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