TY - JOUR
T1 - Clash of career and family
T2 - Fertility decisions after job displacement
AU - Del Bono, Emilia
AU - Weber, Andrea
AU - Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - In this paper we investigate how career considerations may affect fertility decisions in the presence of a temporary employment shock. We compare the birth rates of women displaced by a plant closure with those of women unaffected by job loss after establishing the pre-displacement comparability of these groups. Our results reveal that job displacement reduces average fertility by 5%-10%, and that these effects are largely explained by the response of women in more skilled occupations. We offer an explanation of our results based on career interruptions of women.
AB - In this paper we investigate how career considerations may affect fertility decisions in the presence of a temporary employment shock. We compare the birth rates of women displaced by a plant closure with those of women unaffected by job loss after establishing the pre-displacement comparability of these groups. Our results reveal that job displacement reduces average fertility by 5%-10%, and that these effects are largely explained by the response of women in more skilled occupations. We offer an explanation of our results based on career interruptions of women.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01074.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01074.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863882912
SN - 1542-4766
VL - 10
SP - 659
EP - 683
JO - Journal of the European Economic Association
JF - Journal of the European Economic Association
IS - 4
ER -