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MoreWork, Less Kids - The Relationship Between Market Experience and Number of Children

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Westerberg, Thomas () (Department of Economics, Umeå University)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze if economic and social conditions

have any impact on the number of children born by women in

Sweden. The results support (not surprisingly) a negative correlation between

women’s working experience and number of children. The results

do also support the assumption that women with higher education have

fewer children than women with lower. However, this holds only when

non-completed fertility is analyzed. It is not valid for the group of women

with completed fertility.

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Paper provided by Umeå University, Department of Economics in its series Umeå Economic Studies with number 682.

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Date of creation: 24 May 2006
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Keywords: Completed fertility; Non-completed fertility; Economics; Count data; Sweden;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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