| Título: | Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement |
| Autores: |
Del Bono, Emilia Weber, Andrea Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf |
| Fecha: | 2012 |
| Publicador: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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| Tipo: |
Article PeerReviewed |
| Tema: |
HB Economic Theory HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Descripción: | 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. |
| Idioma: | No aplica |