Female labour force participation, fertility and infant mortality in Australia: some empirical evidence from Granger causality tests

Paresh Narayan () and Russell Smyth

Applied Economics, 2006, vol. 38, issue 5, 563-572

Abstract: This study applies Granger causality tests within a multivariate error correction framework to examine the relationship between female participation rates, infant mortality rates and fertility rates for Australia using annual data from 1960 to 2000. Decomposition of variance and impulse response functions are also considered. The main findings are twofold. First, in the short run there is unidirectional Granger causality running from the fertility rate to female labour force participation and from the infant mortality rate to female labour force participation while there is neutrality between the fertility rate and infant mortality rate. Second, in the long run both the fertility rate and infant mortality rate Granger cause female labour participation.

Date: 2006
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