Fertility and economic instability: the role of unemployment and job displacement

Emilia Del Bono; Andrea Weber; Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

doi:10.1007/s00148-014-0531-y

Fertility and economic instability: the role of unemployment and job displacement

Emilia Del Bono
, Andrea Weber
, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	463-478
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-014-0531-y
State	Published - Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Fertility
Firm closures
Human capital
Unemployment

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Fertility and economic instability: the role of unemployment and job displacement

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