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Labour Force Participation and Marital Fertility of Italian Women: The Role of Education

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Bratti, Massimiliano (Universita degli Studi di Ancona, Italy)

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This paper uses data from the 1993 Survey of Household Income and Wealth of the Bank of Italy in order to estimate a reduced form purist model of female marital fertility and labour force participation. In particular, we focus our attention on the effect of formal education on both fertility and labour force participation behaviour. Our estimates show a U-shaped pattern of fertility by education and that highly educated women postpone fertility and have a higher labour market attachment. Furthermore, cultural factors related to the gender role model prevailing in a family are of central importance.

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Paper provided by Royal Economic Society in its series Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002 with number 34.

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  1. Marenzi Anna Maria & Pagani Laura, 2003. "The impact of elderly parents on labour market participation of italian women," Economics and Quantitative Methods qf0306, Department of Economics, University of Insubria. [Downloadable!]
  2. Weber, Andrea Maria & Lauer, Charlotte, 2003. "Employment of Mothers After Childbirth : French-German Comparison," ZEW Discussion Papers 03-50, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Peng Yu, 2006. "Higher Education, the Bane of Fertility? An investigation with the HILDA Survey," CEPR Discussion Papers 512, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Laura Pagani & Anna Marenzi, 2008. "The Labor Market Participation of Sandwich Generation Italian Women," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 427-444, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Concetta, MENDOLICCHIO, 2005. "Gender and private returns to education : a cross-European analysis," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2005056, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques. [Downloadable!]
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