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Title: Responses of Female Labor Supply and Fertility to the Demographic Cycle
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Falaris, Evangelos M. Peters, H. Elizabeth |
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Responses of Female Labor Supply and Fertility to the Demographic Cycle NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-9, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 1989. Also: Final Report, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1989. Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLSY79, Young Women Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Childbearing; Fertility; First Birth; Labor Supply; Wages; Women This paper proposes a model according to which women alter the timing of the first birth and the return to work following that birth in order to mitigate any adverse effects of the demographic cycle on their wage profiles. The authors predict that women who were born during the upswing of the demographic cycle would have an incentive to have their first birth earlier and to return to work more quickly (holding schooling constant) than would women who were born during the downswing of the demographic cycle. The empirical evidence confirms these predictions. |
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Falaris, Evangelos M. and H. Elizabeth Peters. "Responses of Female Labor Supply and Fertility to the Demographic Cycle." NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-9, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 1989. |