Analyzing female activity and fertility in Spain through discrete choice models

Aurora Alonso–Antón (), Ana Fernández–Sainz () and Virginia Rincón–Diez ()
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Aurora Alonso–Antón: Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Ana Fernández–Sainz: Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Virginia Rincón–Diez: Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ana Fernandez-Sainz

Lecturas de Economía, 2015, issue 82, 127-157

Abstract: This paper analyses labor force participation and fertility of women in Spain. Using data from the Survey of Active Population (EPA), we investigate how several factors may affect the decisions of participation in the labor market and motherhood. First, we consider both decisions in an independent setting and propose a binary probit for each of them. Then, we take into account that unobservable factors may affect both decisions jointly and estimate a bivariate probit where the dependent variables are participation and fertility. Both models show that participation and fertility are conditioned by socioeconomic variables.

Keywords: female; labor market; fertility; discrete choice models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n82a4

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