Twins, family size and female labour force participation in Iran

Mahdi Majbouri ()

Applied Economics, 2019, vol. 51, issue 4, 387-397

Abstract: Despite the remarkable increase in women’s education levels and the rapid fall of their fertility rate in Iran, female labour force participation (FLFP) has remained low. Using the instrumental variable method, this article estimates the causal impact of number of children on mothers’ participation in the labour market. It finds that having an extra (unplanned) child would only reduce female participation rate for low-educated mothers and mothers with young children, thus having no causal impact on most mothers’ participation. This result explains why the rapid decline in fertility rates did not increase female participation; rather, other factors should be at play. It hence moves us a step forward in explaining the puzzle of FLFP in Iran. Policy implications are discussed.Abbreviation: FLFP: Female Labour Force Participation; LFP: Labour Force Participation

Date: 2019
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