Effect of childbearing on Filipino women's work hours and earnings

Linda Adair (), Eilene Bisgrove (), David Guilkey () and Socorro Gultiano ()
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Linda Adair: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Eilene Bisgrove: 1700 Open Air Camp Road, Durham NC 27712, USA
David Guilkey: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Socorro Gultiano: Office of Population Studies, University of San Carlos, 6000 Cebu, Philippines

Journal of Population Economics, 2002, vol. 15, issue 4, 625-645

Abstract: The effects of childbearing and work sector on women's hours and earnings in the 8 years following an index pregnancy were examined in a cohort of more than 2,000 women in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Change in cash earnings and hours worked were each modeled jointly with sector of labor force participation using an estimation strategy that deals with endogeneity of childbearing decisions and selectivity into sector of work. Two or more additional children born in the 8 year interval significantly reduced women's earnings, while having an additional child under 2 years of age in 1991 reduced hours worked.

Keywords: Labor force participation; childbearing; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-11-25
Note: Received: 16 July 1998/Accepted: 22 March 2001
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