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Estimating the Lifecycle Fertility Consequences of WWII Using Bunching

In the Netherlands, an immediate baby boom followed the end of WWII and the baby bust of the 1930s. I propose a novel application of the bunching methodology to examine whether the war shifted the timing of fertility or changed women's completed fertility. I disaggregate the number of births by age for cohorts of mothers, and estimate counterfactual distributions of births by exploiting that women experienced the war at different ages. I show that the rise in fertility after the liberation did not make up for the "missed" births that did not occur prior to the war, as fertility would have been 9.4% higher in absence of WWII.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16927

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-
Thema
lifecycle fertility
bunching
World War II
The Netherlands

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Zwiers, Esmée
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2024

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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Zwiers, Esmée
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2024

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