Post-war Fertility and Female Labour Force Participation Rates

Alison Sprague

Economic Journal, 1988, vol. 98, issue 392, 682-700

Abstract: This paper provides an explanation for the changes in fertility and female labor supply over the postwar period. A mo del of fertility and labor force participation is outlined and estima ted over the period 1953-82 for six age groups of women. The most sig nificant factors to influence fertility and participation are found t o be male and female earnings and education. Interest rates, number o f children, and the state of the labor market are also important. The findings suggest that fertility and participation rates are expected to continue at their present levels. No significant changes are anti cipated, unless there is a major change in education of women, or mal e and female earnings vary greatly, both relatively and absolutely. Copyright 1988 by Royal Economic Society.

Date: 1988
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