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The Effect of Fertility on Maternal Labour Market Outcomes. IV Evidence from Romania.

Lindegren, Lina LU and Jacobs, Lena LU (2020) NEKP01 20201
Department of Economics
Abstract
This study investigates the effect of fertility on maternal labour market outcomes. For this purpose, we use four waves of Romanian census data from IPUMS International. We exploit the unique history of Romania’s abortion legislation, instrumenting fertility with the 1966 abortion ban and the 1990 abortion legalisation in two separate IV models. The findings suggest that increasing fertility reduces the probability of maternal labour force participation and employment. We also find evidence that maternal labour supply is more sensitive to fertility at the extensive margin and that more highly educated mothers are more responsive to fertility than those mothers with no more than primary education.
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author
Lindegren, Lina LU and Jacobs, Lena LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKP01 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Romania, instrumental variables, maternal labour supply, fertility, abortion
language
English
id
9013543
date added to LUP
2020-08-29 11:08:48
date last changed
2020-08-29 11:08:48
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  abstract     = {{This study investigates the effect of fertility on maternal labour market outcomes. For this purpose, we use four waves of Romanian census data from IPUMS International. We exploit the unique history of Romania’s abortion legislation, instrumenting fertility with the 1966 abortion ban and the 1990 abortion legalisation in two separate IV models. The findings suggest that increasing fertility reduces the probability of maternal labour force participation and employment. We also find evidence that maternal labour supply is more sensitive to fertility at the extensive margin and that more highly educated mothers are more responsive to fertility than those mothers with no more than primary education.}},
  author       = {{Lindegren, Lina and Jacobs, Lena}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Effect of Fertility on Maternal Labour Market Outcomes. IV Evidence from Romania.}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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