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The Effect of a First Child on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Women Seeking Fertility Services

The Effect of a First Child on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Women Seeking Fertility Services Abstract: Estimating the causal effect of a first child on female labor supply is complicated by the endogeneity of fertility. This paper addresses this problem by focusing on a sample of women from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) who sought help to become pregnant. After a certain period, only some of these women gave birth. Results using this strategy show that having a first child younger than one year old reduces female employment by 26 percentage points. These estimates are close to OLS estimates from census data and to those from OLS and fixed-effects models on NSFG data. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Human Resources University of Wisconsin Press

The Effect of a First Child on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Women Seeking Fertility Services

Journal of Human Resources , Volume 43 (3) – Apr 4, 2008

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Abstract

Abstract: Estimating the causal effect of a first child on female labor supply is complicated by the endogeneity of fertility. This paper addresses this problem by focusing on a sample of women from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) who sought help to become pregnant. After a certain period, only some of these women gave birth. Results using this strategy show that having a first child younger than one year old reduces female employment by 26 percentage points. These estimates are close to OLS estimates from census data and to those from OLS and fixed-effects models on NSFG data.

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Journal of Human ResourcesUniversity of Wisconsin Press

Published: Apr 4, 2008

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