Can Women Have Children and a Career? IV Evidence from IVF Treatments

Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug () and Astrid Würtz Rasmussen ()
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Astrid Würtz Rasmussen: Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus, Postal: Fuglesangs Allé 4, , building 2621, 10 , 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark, http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/astrid-wurtz-rasmussen(4f6e4d35-e8e7-4fca-b69e-37d015b7ca3f).html

No 2018:2, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF (in vitro fertilization) induced fertility variation among childless women to estimate the causal effect of having children on their career. For this purpose, we use administrative data on IVF treated women in Denmark. Because observed chances of IVF success do not depend on labor market histories, IVF treatment success provides a plausible instrument for childbearing. Our IV estimates indicate that fertility effects on earnings are: (i) negative, large and long lasting; (ii) driven by fertility effects on hourly earnings and not so much on labor supply; and (iii) much stronger at the extensive margin than at the intensive margin.

Keywords: Children; extensive and intensive fertility margins; female labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 J13 J16 J22 J31 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2018-03-28
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