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Title: Fertility and Female Occupational Choice
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Doescher, Tabitha Ann |
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Fertility and Female Occupational Choice Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1979 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Children; Family Background and Culture; Fertility; Life Cycle Research; Work Attitudes; Work History This study hypothesizes that a working woman selects her occupation, defined as a vector of characteristics, in accordance with her life cycle fertility and labor force participation. It focuses on two characteristics in particular: the occupational atrophy rate (the depreciation in participation) and the flexibility of hours within an occupation. Through the use of a multiperiod utility maximization model and comparable statics analysis, the project investigates the qualitative effect of an exogenous change in family size on the woman's choice of her occupational characteristics. In general, the empirical analysis, which uses data from the NLS of Mature Women, supports the theoretical hypothesis; as family size increases, women tend to select occupations with lower atrophy rates and more flexible hours. |
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Doescher, Tabitha Ann. "Fertility and Female Occupational Choice." Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1979. |