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Children and the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Parents in the Philippines

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Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.

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This paper demonstrates how family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this link by focusing on the relation between number of children and the decision to seek a job and parents' wage earnings. It surveys the international literature to establish how the problem has been approached and what the results are for other countries. It then formulates and tests a model using a nationally representative household survey data for the Philippines to explain what determines the decision to seek a job and the earnings of both mothers and fathers. The model specifically considered the endogeneity of the number of children in both the labor force participation and the earnings equations.

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Paper provided by Philippine Institute for Development Studies in its series Discussion Papers with number DP 2005-20.

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Date of creation: 2005
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Keywords: Philippines family size labor force participation earnings

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  1. Michelle Sheran Sylvester, 2007. "The Career and Family Choices of Women: A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage and Fertility Decisions," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 10(3), pages 367-399, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Emily Christi A. Cabegin, 2006. "The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse’s Market Participation and Labor Supply Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers 2240, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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