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Title: Joint Estimation of Sequential Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques
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Troske, Kenneth R. Voicu, Alexandru |
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Joint Estimation of Sequential Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques IZA Discussion Paper No. 1251, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), August 2004. Also: http://opus.zbw-kiel.de/volltexte/2005/2450/pdf/dp1251.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Keyword(s): Data Analysis; Fertility; Labor Force Participation; Labor Supply; Markov chain / Markov model; Maternal Employment; Monte Carlo; Mothers, Education; Mothers, Race; Statistical Analysis; Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this paper we estimate the causal effect of children on the labor supply of women using panel data on women from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). We examine the effect of children both prior to and after birth as well as how the effect of children varies with the number of children. We also decompose the total effect of children into the direct and indirect components and separately examine the dynamics of these components. Sequential participation decisions for four levels of labor market involvement and fertility decisions are jointly modeled. We allow decisions to be correlated in a general fashion both across time and across choices. The estimation is performed using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. We find that children have a strong effect on a women's labor market behavior in both the pre- and post-birth period. We also find that both the direct and indirect effects are large immediately after the birth of a child but that the indirect effect declines quickly over time. The effects of children vary by education and race. |
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Troske, Kenneth R. and Alexandru Voicu. "Joint Estimation of Sequential Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques." IZA Discussion Paper No. 1251, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), August 2004. |