Fertility, female labor force participation, and the demographic dividend
Fertility, female labor force participation, and the demographic dividend
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DOI：
10.1007/s10887-009-9039-9
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Finlay, Jocelyn E.
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作者：
Bloom, David E.;Canning, David;Finlay, Jocelyn E.
我们估计的影响，生育率对女性劳动力参与一组国家使用堕胎立法作为生育率的工具。我们发现，取消对堕胎的法律的限制显著降低了生育率，并估计，平均而言，生育会使妇女在生育期间的劳动力供应减少近2年。我们的研究结果表明，在生育率下降的人口结构转型期间，以增加女性劳动力供应的形式出现的行为变化对经济增长有显著贡献。
We estimate the effect of fertility on female labor force participation in a panel of countries using abortion legislation as an instrument for fertility. We find that removing legal restrictions on abortion significantly reduces fertility and estimate that, on average, a birth reduces a woman's labor supply by almost 2 years during her reproductive life. Our results imply that behavioral change, in the form of increased female labor supply, contributes significantly to economic growth during the demographic transition when fertility declines.