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Title: The Labor Supply Effects of Delayed First Birth
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Herr, Jane Leber |
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The Labor Supply Effects of Delayed First Birth Working Paper, Department of Economics, Harvard University, December 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Harvard University Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Career Patterns; Expectations/Intentions; Fertility; First Birth; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Job Satisfaction; Labor Force Participation; Maternal Employment; Motherhood; Wage Growth; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this paper I explore the relationship between first-birth timing and post-birth labor supply, and how it is influenced by family and career characteristics. Given that pre-birth wages are increasing in fertility delay, the rising opportunity cost of time would suggest that later mothers work more. Yet I only find this pattern for high school graduates. For college graduates, I instead find surprisingly no relationship between first-birth timing and post-birth hours worked, despite strongly increasing pre-birth wages. Furthermore, after controlling for family and career factors, many of which influence hours worked and are correlated with fertility timing, this different pattern by education remains. |
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Herr, Jane Leber. "The Labor Supply Effects of Delayed First Birth." Working Paper, Department of Economics, Harvard University, December 2014. |