An explanation of the positive correlation between fertility and female employment across Western European countries
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Keywords
Total fertility rate; female labour force participation rate; purchased child care; female unemployment.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2006-05-20 (European Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2006-05-20 (Labour Economics)
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