Employment experience and first birth in Great Britain

Cordula Zabel
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Cordula Zabel: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2006-029, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: This article examines the effect of employment experience on first birth risks in Great Britain. The data used is from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). A positive effect of employment experience on first birth risks is found, in accordance with pre-dictions from economic models of fertility timing. This effect did not differ greatly between educational groups, in contrast to what was expected. Positive effects were found for all educational groups. An especially strong increase in first birth risks was found across the first year of employment spells.

Keywords: United Kingdom; fertility determinants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2006-029

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