Childbirth and cohort effects on mothers' labour supply: a comparative study using life history data for Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain
Childbirth and cohort effects on mothers' labour supply: a comparative study using life history data for Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain
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DOI：
10.1177/0950017010371651
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Luijkx, Ruud
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作者：
Fouarge, Didier;Manzoni, Anna;Luijkx, Ruud
分娩对母亲劳动力供应的负面影响是有据可查的，尽管大多数研究只考察了短期影响。本研究使用德国、荷兰和英国的回顾性生活史数据，调查生育对连续生育队列中母亲劳动力供应的长期影响。对母性选择和生育数量进行校正后的概率估计显示，在第一个孩子出生之前，参与率大幅下降，在最后一个孩子出生后，参与率大幅回升，尤其是在英国。年轻人群在分娩前后的参与率下降幅度较小，而在分娩后的20年里，参与率上升得更快，尤其是在荷兰。然而，在这里研究的任何一个国家，母亲的参与率都没有回到出生前的水平。劳动力市场条件和制度性公众支持似乎有助于解释分娩后参与的跨国差异。
The negative effect of childbirth on mothers' labour supply is well documented, though most studies examine only the short-term effects. This study uses retrospective life history data for Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain to investigate the long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' labour supply for successive birth cohorts. Probit estimates with correction for selection into motherhood and the number of births show strong drops in participation before first childbirths and strong recovery after the birth of the last child, especially in Great Britain. Younger cohorts display a less sharp decline in participation around childbirth and a faster increase in participation in the 20 years after childbirth, especially in the Netherlands. However, mothers' participation rates do not return to pre-birth levels in any of the countries studied here. Labour market conditions and institutional public support seem to contribute to explaining the cross-country variation in participation after childbirth.