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Jobs and kids: female employment and fertility in China

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship between the two should be better understood. Causality flows in both directions; hence, we use a plausible instrumental variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of children by 0.35 on average and her actual number by 0.50. Ramifications for China’s one-child policy are discussed. J13; J18; O15

Source: IZA Journal of Labor & Development

DOI: 10.1186/2193-9020-2-12

Authors: Hai Fang, Karen N Eggleston, John A Rizzo, Richard J Zeckhauser

Institutions: Peking University, Stanford University, State University of New York, Stony Brook University, National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2137641644

FWCI: 3.161

Cites: 52

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10