Marriage, Children, and Labor Supply: Beliefs and Outcomes

Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner and Ralph Stinebrickner

No 2019-060, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: While a large literature is interested in the relationship between family and labor supply outcomes, little is known about the expectations of these objects at earlier stages. We examine these expectations, taking advantage of unique data from the Berea Panel Study. In addition to characterizing expectations, starting during college, the data details outcomes for ten years after graduation. Methodological contributions come from an approach to address measurement error in survey questions and the recognition that expectations data, along with longitudinal data, can potentially help address endogeneity issues arising in the estimation of the causal effect of family on labor supply.

Keywords: gender differences; Labor Supply; children; Marriage; expectations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-10
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