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Demography (2018) 55 (6): 2181–2203.
Published: 22 October 2018
..., in particular for women. We study the effect of coresidence on female labor supply in Kyrgyzstan, a strongly patrilocal setting. We account for the endogeneity of coresidence by exploiting the tradition that youngest sons usually live with their parents. In both OLS and IV estimations, the effect of coresidence...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 821–828.
Published: 01 November 2007
...James P. Vere Abstract This study uses data from the U.S. Current Population Surveys and Natality Detail Files to examine cohort-level changes in fertility and female labor supply. Although only at the start of their careers, college-educated women from more-recent cohorts are having more children...
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Demography (1995) 32 (1): 63–80.
Published: 01 February 1995
...Susan L. Ettner Abstract Data from the 1986–1988 Survey of Income and Program Participation panels were used to analyze how informal-caregiving of disabled elderly parents affected female labor supply. Instrumental variables analyses suggested that coresidence with a disabled parent leads...
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Demography (1983) 20 (2): 147–161.
Published: 01 May 1983
... importance of variations in relative income and female wage rates in explaining the fluctuations in both fertility and female labor supply. The results suggest that relative income exerts a significant positive effect on fertility and a negative effect on female work effort. However, female wage rates appear...
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 813–833.
Published: 13 May 2019
... is not significant. Our study not only provides a better understanding of the demographic and economic factors determining coresidence and intrahousehold time allocations but also lends empirical support to policies aiming to increase female labor supply and improve the well-being of girls. 4 4 2019 13 5...
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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 523–543.
Published: 01 November 1992
... to increase the supply of child care or to lower its cost could increase female labor supply by a substantial fraction, with an even greater rise among women most at risk of poverty and reliance on public assistance, but probably would not raise fertility significantly. 12 1 2011 © Population...
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1493–1522.
Published: 01 October 2023
... that restricting family allowance eligibility criteria decreases fertility among the richest households. The results also highlight that receiving half the amount of the allowances or none leads to an increase in both male and female labor supply through an increase in overtime work. The implied change in earned...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 75–90.
Published: 01 February 2005
... efficiently. We found that the economic costs of living with a single parent are larger for black children than for white children. Most of the discrepancy can be attributed to differences in remarriage rates, marital stability, welfare participation, and female labor supply. 15 2 2011 ©...
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Demography (1994) 31 (2): 347–373.
Published: 01 May 1994
... of the decline in fertility as does an increase in D. Natural fertility rose during the period. Unwanted births increased slightly, despite a tripling of births averted. The most important causes of decline in N* were increases in female labor supply, real income, and health workers. A rising level of education...
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1961–1993.
Published: 21 October 2015
...Javier García-Manglano Abstract Most literature on female employment focuses on the intersection between women’s labor supply and family events such as marriage, divorce, or childbearing. Even when using longitudinal data and methods, most studies estimate average net effects over time and assume...
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Demography (1992) 29 (2): 215–226.
Published: 01 May 1992
... on the likelihood of having a birth during the period under study. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1992 1992 Labor Supply Fertility Behavior Marital Fertility Fertility Decision Female Labor Supply References Henry J. Aaron , & Joseph A. Pechman ( 1981...
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Demography (1980) 17 (3): 243–260.
Published: 01 August 1980
... Income Female Labor Supply References Brumberg Richard , & Modigliani Franco ( 1962 ). Utility Analyses and the Consumption Function . In K. K. Kurihara (Ed.), Post-Keynesian Economics . Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press . Cogan John...
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1773–1793.
Published: 06 September 2017
... (Adda et al. 2017 ; Goldin 2014 ). A growing body of literature has documented substantial effects of parenthood and family size on female labor supply (Angrist and Evans 1998 ; Lundberg and Rose 2000 ; Lundborg et al. 2014 ). If the lagging behind of female wages is a consequence of family...
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Demography (2016) 53 (2): 393–418.
Published: 24 February 2016
... and females within the low-skilled labor market. After a series of empirical tests, they did not find consistent evidence of male labor supply crowd-out from welfare reform. This article builds on their work in two ways. Rather than using a single variable for welfare-reform policy to examine the impact...
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 527–550.
Published: 01 April 2021
... of income affects family income inequality differently. Nor is it clear whether this income homogamy-inequality association is as context-dependent as the educational homogamy-inequality association. In most western countries, female labor supply has increased over time. Better-skilled women take...
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Demography (1995) 32 (3): 365–378.
Published: 01 August 1995
..." as the "catalyst for the time-series growth in married women's work." In a more detailed analysis of the 1950-1981 period, which includes both the direct effect of wages on women's work and their indirect effect on reduced fertility, Smith and Ward (1985) attribute 58% of the postwar rise in female labor supply...
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Demography (1985) 22 (1): 25–34.
Published: 01 February 1985
... variables, the proportion of adult males with low annual and weekly earnings has been growing substantially except among the most highly educated. 10 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1985 1985 Current Population Survey Cohort Size Lower Tail Annual Earning Female Labor Supply...
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 23–44.
Published: 28 December 2016
... in the preceding section indicate that the relative impact of these two processes varies with gender. Evidence of the first process is found mainly in the male sample, where mothers’ labor supply is much more reduced than in the female sample and where the additional sibling significantly increases parents...
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 27–53.
Published: 10 December 2015
... ) examined mothers’ perceptions of whether the availability of childcare constrained their employment and fertility choices. Blau and Robins ( 1989 ) analyzed how transitions among employment and fertility states respond to geographic variation in weekly childcare expenditures. Modeling female labor supply...
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Demography (2012) 49 (1): 151–174.
Published: 19 January 2012
.... , & Marks M. ( 2008 ). Motherhood and female labor force participation: Evidence from infertility shocks . American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings , 98 , 500 – 504 . 10.1257/aer.98.2.500 Angrist J. , & Evans W. ( 1998 ). Children and their parents’ labor supply...