Arbeitspapier

Fertility and Economic Instability: The Role of Unemployment and Job Displacement

We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental variables methods we show that unemploy- ment 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 plant closure are signiffcantly below those of a control group, even after six years.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 1101

Classification
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Subject
fertility
unemployment
plant closings
human capital
Arbeitslosigkeit
Erwerbsverlauf
Familienplanung
Soziale Lage
Weibliche Arbeitskräfte
Österreich

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bono, Emilia Del
Weber, Andrea
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics
(where)
Linz
(when)
2011

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bono, Emilia Del
  • Weber, Andrea
  • Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
  • Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2011

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