An Empirical Analysis on the Joint Choice of Marriage, Childbirth, and Labor Force Participation of Women from Panel Data in Four Countries

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This project has aimed to analyze women's choice of marriage, childbearing, and labor force participation, using micro data from Japan, Korea, Russia, and Jamaica. Analysis results of Japan and Korea are as follows.(A)According to a discrete choice model, (1)better education leads later marriage, fewer childbirth, and more labor force participation, (2)age affects marriage, 'and husband's earnings and the existence of children affect labor supply in Korea, and (3)higher income of the husband leads having more children in Korea, while better education of the husband leads fewer children in Japan.(B)According to a dynamic discrete decision model of life-cycle, (1)negative effects of labor supply on utility are smaller for better educated women, (2)probabilities to find full-time position are 18% for the university educated, and 13% for others, (3)an effect of marriage on utility is significantly negative, and (4)infants ages 0-2 are costly, and the second or subsequent children benefit while the first child is costly when working full-time in Japan. In comparison of married women in Japan and Korea, (1)low-wage work is costly while high-wage work is less costly both in Japan and Korea, and (2)first and second children benefit while the third child benefits less in Japan and even is costly in Korea. Having boys benefits much in Korea.