Fertility and Women’s Employment: A Meta-analysis

Anna Matysiak and Daniele Vignoli ()
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Daniele Vignoli: University of Rome “La Sapienza”

European Journal of Population, 2008, vol. 24, issue 4, No 2, 363-384

Abstract: Abstract Our research objective was to systematise the existing literature on the relation between fertility and women’s employment at the micro-level. Instead of carrying out a traditional literature review, we conducted a meta-analysis. This allowed us to compare estimates from different studies standardised for the country analysed, the method applied, control variables used and sample selected. We focused on two effects: the impact of work on fertility and the impact of young children on employment entry. First, we found a high variation in the studied effects among the institutional settings, reflecting the existence of a north–south gradient. Second, we observed a significant change in the effects over time. Finally, we demonstrated that a failure to account for the respondent’s social background, partner and job characteristics tends to produce a bias in the estimated effects.

Keywords: Fertility; Women’s employment; Meta-analysis; Welfare regimes; Fécondité; Travail des femmes; Méta-analyse; Systèmes de protection sociale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9146-2

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