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The Effect of Fertility on the Decision of Abandoning the Labour Market: The Case of Spain

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Herrarte, Ainhoa () (Departamento de Análisis Económico (Teoría e Historia Económica). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Moral Carcedo, Julian () (Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría e Historia Económica. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Sáez, Felipe () (Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría e Historia Económica. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

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Taking into account the negative relationship between fertility and female labour participation due to the necessity of dedicating more time to childcare, in this paper we analyse, with a logit model and using microdata from the Spanish Labour Force Survey, the effect of having a newly born child on the woman’s decision to abandon the labour market, considering household characteristics and other economic variables which affect their labour participation decision. Our results show that having a newborn increases the woman’s probability of abandoning the labour market. We also find that this probability is reduced if there are any grandparents living in the household.

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Paper provided by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) in its series Working Papers in Economic Theory with number 2007/11.

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Date of creation: Jun 2007
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Keywords: female labour transitions to inactivity; female activity rates; fertility; household production; reconcile work and family;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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  1. Alfonso Alba Ramírez & Gema Alvarez Llorente, 2004. "Actividad laboral de la mujer en torno al nacimiento de un hijo," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 28(3), pages 429-460, September. [Downloadable!]
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