The Effect of Skill Level on the Timing of Childbearing and Number of Children
1998-12-16
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This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number of children. Higher skilled women have less disutility of labor and have relatively less utility of raising children. Motherhood has a negative effect on the accumulation of human capital by learning-by-doing and thereby on career perspectives. A decline in fertility is explained without a quantity-quality shift.
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Classifications using
Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Classification System
- J13 : Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J24 : Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J22 : Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Automatically Extracted Terms
- children
- effect
- women
- income
- number
- level
- ability
- timing
- birth
- increase
- labor
- decision
- period
- schooling
- quality
- fertility
- change
- utility
- result
- birth decisions
