Jobs and kids: Female employment and fertility in China

Artikel

Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship between the two should be better understood. Causality flows in both directions; hence, we use a plausible instrumental variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman's preferred number of children by 0.35 on average and her actual number by 0.50. Ramifications for China's one-child policy are discussed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor & Development ; ISSN: 2193-9020 ; Volume: 2 ; Year: 2013 ; Pages: 1-25 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Thema: Fertility ; Female labor supply ; Employment in China ; Employment and fertility ; One-child policy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fang, Hai ; Eggleston, Karen N. ; Rizzo, John A. ; Zeckhauser, Richard J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/2193-9020-2-12
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/92288
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ