The Effect of Fertility on the Decision of Abandoning the Labour Market: The Case of Spain

Ainhoa Herrarte Sanchez, Julian Moral Carcedo and Felipe Sáez ()
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Felipe Sáez: Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría e Historia Económica. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

No 2007/11, Working Papers in Economic Theory from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)

Abstract: Taking into account the negative relationship between fertility and female labour participation due to the necessity of dedicating more time to childcare, in this paper we analyse, with a logit model and using microdata from the Spanish Labour Force Survey, the effect of having a newly born child on the woman’s decision to abandon the labour market, considering household characteristics and other economic variables which affect their labour participation decision. Our results show that having a newborn increases the woman’s probability of abandoning the labour market. We also find that this probability is reduced if there are any grandparents living in the household.

Keywords: female labour transitions to inactivity; female activity rates; fertility; household production; reconcile work and family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 D13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2007-06
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