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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 523–543.
Published: 01 November 1992
..., and those willing to entrust the care of their children to nonfamily members. Only one-tenth of the sample reported a similar child care constraint on fertility, a phenomenon unrelated to income but relatively prevalent among women with strong labor force attachment. The results suggest that policies...
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Demography (1991) 28 (3): 333–351.
Published: 01 August 1991
... by altering their labor supply and child care behavior. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1991 1991 Child Care Labor Supply Relative Care Child Care Cost Child Care Arrangement References Avery , Robert B. , & Hotz , V. Joseph ( 1985 ). HOTZTRAN...
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1493–1522.
Published: 01 October 2023
...Nelly Elmallakh Abstract This article examines fertility and labor supply responses to a 2014 French policy reform that consisted of conditioning the amount of child allowances on household income. Employing regression discontinuity design and French administrative income data, I find...
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1005–1029.
Published: 01 August 2023
...Maria Vaalavuo; Henri Salokangas; Ossi Tahvonen Abstract This article employs a couple-level framework to examine how a child's severe illness affects within-family gender inequality. We study parental labor market responses to a child's cancer diagnosis by exploiting an event-study methodology...
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Demography (1979) 16 (2): 199–208.
Published: 01 May 1979
...David Shapiro; Frank L. Mott Abstract Utilizing unique data generated from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women, this paper examines the labor force participation of young mothers in the months immediately preceding and following the birth of the first child. Labor supply behavior...
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Demography (1986) 23 (2): 285–289.
Published: 01 May 1986
... not identify the mechanism(s)—inheritance, child labor value, or migration—through which density affects fertility. But the density coefficient is not artifactual . Jensen’s claims are specious. His principal claim, that the use of ratio variables with common components creates bias, is based on a statistical...
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Demography (2023) 60 (2): 517–537.
Published: 01 April 2023
.... For instance, parental death might also affect the surviving parent's perceived returns to investments in the child, which is expected to influence outcomes such as the child's future labor market performance. Crucially, early death is generally not a random event. Therefore, analyses should account...
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Demography 11587285.
Published: 01 October 2024
..., and decreasing returns to child labor. Children are more easily employed in low-skilled inform al labor mark ets (mostly within fam ilies) than in skill-intensive formal labor mark ets (International Labour Organization 2017). Moreover, industrializ ation in these regions has typic ally been...
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Demography (1986) 23 (1): 13–30.
Published: 01 February 1986
..., 1541-1871: A Reconstruction (pp. 356 – 401 ). Cambridge : Harvard University Press . Levy V. ( 1985 ). Cropping pattern, mechanization, child labor and fertility behavior in a farming economy . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 4 , 777 – 792 . 10.1086/451494 McDonald...
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1931–1956.
Published: 09 September 2019
... that later-born children received less educational investment (Gibson and Lawson 2011 ; Gibson and Sear 2010 ; Hedges et al. 2016 ). These early-born biases were more evident in wealthier households, perhaps because demand for child labor is lower among these households reducing scope for labor...
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Demography (1983) 20 (4): 415–432.
Published: 01 November 1983
...George J. Stolnitz 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1983 1983 Income Distribution Child Labor Demographic Transition Fertility Transition Fertility Behavior References Boulier Bryan L. ( 1982 ). Income, Distribution and Fertility Decline...
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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 689–718.
Published: 01 August 2010
...? . Journal of Human Resources , 34 , 421 – 48 . 10.2307/146375 Leon, A. 2004. “The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence From Compulsory Schooling Laws.” Working paper. Economics Department, University of Pittsburgh. Lleras-Muney A. ( 2002 ). Were Compulsory Attendance and Child Labor...
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Demography (1982) 19 (4): 481–494.
Published: 01 November 1982
... in these villages. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1982 1982 Child Labor Fertility Decline Green Revolution Crude Birth Rate Female Education References
Adelman Irma ( 1963 ). An Econometric Analysis of Population Growth . American Economic Review , 53 , 314...
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Demography (1981) 18 (4): 465–486.
Published: 01 November 1981
... in understanding variations in patterns of marriage. 7 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1981 1981 Child Labor Fertility Decline Marital Fertility Manufacturing Employment Farm Mechanization References Beaver Steven E. ( 1975 ). Demographic Transition Trends...
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1773–1796.
Published: 26 August 2015
... that electric appliances can be used to prepare food, wash clothes, or clean the house. However, electrification may also affect the productivity of child labor, and subsequently, the indirect cost of raising children. This result is particularly relevant in rural areas where many children help their family...
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Demography (1971) 8 (3): 307–317.
Published: 01 August 1971
.... Various reasons have been given for the negative relationships found at both the individual and community level be- tween female labor force participation and fertility. Collver (1968), for ex- ample, suggests that female labor force participation depresses the child-woman ratio of urban areas...
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Demography (2008) 45 (3): 537–553.
Published: 01 August 2008
...) countries during the 1990s are documented using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and a decomposition analysis is used to uncover the relative role of demographic factors, labor markets, and income transfers from the state in determining the magnitude and direction of the changes. Child poverty...
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Demography (1995) 32 (4): 557–575.
Published: 01 November 1995
... . Berkeley : Institute of International Studies . Parsons D.O. , & Goldin C. ( 1989 ). Parental Altruism and Self-Interest: Child Labor among Late Nineteenth-Century American Families . Economic Inquiry , 27 , 637 – 59 . 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1989.tb00794.x Peiss K. ( 1986...
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Demography (1994) 31 (2): 347–373.
Published: 01 May 1994
... with their parents' education, and parental education also might lead to a reduced demand for numbers of children, for familiar reasons. In addition, it may have led farmers to mechanize earlier, thus reducing the demand for child labor (Golde 1975). Many studies have found the occupation of Mining to be associated...
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Demography (1994) 31 (4): 651–662.
Published: 01 November 1994
... . Social Forces , 66 , 926 – 50 . 10.2307/2579429 Connelly, R., D.S. DeGraff, and D. Levison. 1991. “Women’s Labor Force Activity and Child Care in Brazil.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC. DaVanzo J. , & Lee D.L.P. ( 1983...
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