Labour force participation and marital fertility of Italian women: The role of education

Massimiliano Bratti

Journal of Population Economics, 2003, vol. 16, issue 3, 525-554

Abstract: This paper uses data from the 1993 Survey of Household Income and Wealth conducted by the Bank of Italy in order to estimate a reduced form purist model of female marital fertility and labour force participation. It focuses in particular on the effect of formal education on both fertility and labour force participation, and accounts for the potential endogeneity of education. Our estimates show that increasing education up to the upper secondary level exerts ceteris paribus a positive effect on marital fertility at ages 21–39 and that highly educated women postpone fertility and have a higher labour market attachment. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2003

Keywords: Education; fertility; Italy; labour force participation; women; J13; J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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