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This paper studies the effects of teenage motherhood on later educational and labor market achievement of the mothers. We construct a pseudo panel from the Brazilian Household Surveys (the 1992-2004 PNADs) and from the Health Ministry data (DATASUS 1981-1992) by state of birth and cohort. We...
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This paper investigates whether immigration shocks have a causal effect on native fertility patterns. It uses a natural … examine the fertility consequences for non-Cuban Miami women. Using a synthetic control estimator and an extended individual …, though short-lived, impact on the fertility of Miami women. In addition, fertility effects are found to vary by homeownership …
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is known for having low female labor market participation rates compared with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that countries in this region do not follow a U-shape relation between female participation and GDP during the...
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This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility … and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high …
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
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affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship … variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of …
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) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects on fertility from a theoretical perspective. Then I refer to previous empirical studies that have examined these … have been able to identify causal effect, the evidence generally suggests positive fertility responses among high …
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, have fewer children. Child allowances might be an effective way to increase fertility, leading to higher future tax …. -- public debt ; endogenous fertility ; child allowances ; pension …
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The cross-sectional association between female labour force participation rates and fertility in developed countries …, the study increased the explanatory power of our statistical model on the relation between fertility level and female … time-series association between labour force participation and fertility. …
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