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Female labor supply and fertility. Causal evidence for Latin America

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  • Tortaloro, Darío

    (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)

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This paper studies the causal relationship between fertility and female labor supply using census data from 14 Latin American countries and the U.S. over three decades (1980, 1990 and 2000). Parental preferences for a gender-balanced family is exploited as a source of exogenous variation. Although OLS estimates suggest a negative relationship, instrumental variables fails to identify a causal effect in most countries. When considering a pool of married women, a negative causal effect is found. In any case, despite having a highly accurate first-stage, the analysis of the quality of the instrument reveals a weak explanatory power of sibling sex composition on fertility.

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  • Tortaloro, Darío, 2014. "Female labor supply and fertility. Causal evidence for Latin America," Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas., issue 13, pages 27-65, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ake:repba1:y:2014:i:13:p:27-65
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    Keywords

    Female labor supply; fertility; Latin America;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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