Childbearing and labour force participation in South Africa: sibling composition as an identification strategy?
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Labour Force Participation; Mothers; Instrumental variable estimation;All these keywords.
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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