This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor-force participation in a developing country in the Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. In order to address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, I exploit Albanian parental preference for having sons combined with the siblings sex-composition instrument as an exogenous source of variation. Using a repeated cross-section of parents with at least two children, I find a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on parental labor supply for those parents who are more likely to be younger, less educated or live in extended families. In particular, IV estimates for mothers...
Research on the labor-supply consequences of childbearing is complicated by the endogeneity of ferti...
We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of th...
Below replacement fertility was the outcome of changes in the education and socio-professional struc...
This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor-force participation in a developing co...
Research on the labor-supply consequences of childbearing is complicated by the endogeneity of ferti...
For a sample of Central and Eastern European countries, characterized by historically high female la...
One effect of Southern Europe's rapid fertility decline is the emergence of a positive cross-country...
Comparing a cluster of European countries that have recently experienced very low fertility with oth...
We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of th...
While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation...
By using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for 42 developing countries this paper studie...
International audienceWe examine how strongly fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD co...
Research on the labor-supply consequences of childbearing is complicated by the endogeneity of ferti...
We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of th...
Below replacement fertility was the outcome of changes in the education and socio-professional struc...
This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor-force participation in a developing co...
Research on the labor-supply consequences of childbearing is complicated by the endogeneity of ferti...
For a sample of Central and Eastern European countries, characterized by historically high female la...
One effect of Southern Europe's rapid fertility decline is the emergence of a positive cross-country...
Comparing a cluster of European countries that have recently experienced very low fertility with oth...
We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of th...
While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation...
By using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for 42 developing countries this paper studie...
International audienceWe examine how strongly fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD co...
Research on the labor-supply consequences of childbearing is complicated by the endogeneity of ferti...
We examine how far fertility trends respond to family policies in OECD countries. In the light of th...
Below replacement fertility was the outcome of changes in the education and socio-professional struc...