Joint estimation of sequential labor force participation and fertility decisions using Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques

Kenneth R. Troske; Alexandru Voicu

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2009.07.003

Joint estimation of sequential labor force participation and fertility decisions using Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques

Kenneth R. Troske, Alexandru Voicu

Economics

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Abstract

We analyze the effect of children on the labor supply of married women in a framework that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, for the heterogeneity of the effects of children and their correlation with the fertility decisions, and for the correlation of sequential labor market decisions. Women with stronger propensity for market work have fewer children, work more before the first birth, and face larger negative effects of children. The total effect of a child remains considerable long after birth; prior birth-related reductions in labor supply account for a significant share of the total effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	150-169
Number of pages	20
Journal	Labour Economics
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2009.07.003
State	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Endogenous fertility decisions
Female labor supply
Gibbs sampler
Heterogeneous children effects
Multinomial probit model

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Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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