TY - JOUR
T1 - Fertility and economic instability
T2 - the role of unemployment and job displacement
AU - Bono, Emilia Del
AU - Weber, Andrea
AU - Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - In this paper, we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using an instrumental variable approach, we show that unemployment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has. Fertility rates for women affected by a firm closure are significantly below those of a control group, even after 6 years, and this is so irrespective of the incidence or the duration of the associated unemployment spell.
AB - In this paper, we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using an instrumental variable approach, we show that unemployment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has. Fertility rates for women affected by a firm closure are significantly below those of a control group, even after 6 years, and this is so irrespective of the incidence or the duration of the associated unemployment spell.
KW - Fertility
KW - Firm closures
KW - Human capital
KW - Unemployment
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U2 - 10.1007/s00148-014-0531-y
DO - 10.1007/s00148-014-0531-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925485918
SN - 0933-1433
VL - 28
SP - 463
EP - 478
JO - Journal of Population Economics
JF - Journal of Population Economics
IS - 2
ER -