Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement

by Emilia Del Bono; Andrea Weber; Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are signiffcantly below those of a control group, even after six years.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Del Bono, Emilia ; Weber, Andrea ; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
Publisher:	Linz : Univ., Dep. of Economics
Subject:	fertility \| unemployment \| plant closings \| human capital \| Arbeitslosigkeit \| Unemployment \| Fertilität \| Fertility \| Erwerbsverlauf \| Occupational attainment \| Österreich \| Austria \| Familienplanung \| Family planning \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Soziale Lage \| Social situation \| Humankapital \| Human capital

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (18 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Working paper / Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State. - Linz : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2833543-0. - Vol. 1102
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/115062 [Handle]
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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