FERTILITY PROCESSES IN LOW FERTILITY COUNTRIES

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：使用构建的数据集 挪威统计局从挪威登记系统， 我们研究了儿童保育供应对儿童保育时间和水平的影响 生育我们假设，儿童保育的供应会影响 工作和养育子女的不相容-实质上， 这两种角色之间的不相容性在时间和空间上各不相同。使用 这套独特的挪威数据集和多变量动态建模程序，我们 估计基层托儿服务对生育模式的影响。 社区一级的儿童保育供应因城市和时间而异。我们 估计正确的可能性，一些挪威人采取行动， 在目的地城市有更好的儿童保育机会。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted form applicant's abstract): Using a data set constructed for this project by Statistics Norway from the Norwegian Registration System, we examine the effect of the supply of child care on the timing and level of fertility. We hypothesize that the supply of childcare affects the incompatibility of work and child rearing - in essence, the degree of incompatibility between these two roles varies across time and space. Using this unique Norwegian data set and multivariate dynamic modeling procedures, we estimate the effect of municipal-level childcare supply on fertility patterns. Municipal-level childcare supply varies municipalities and over time. Our estimates correct for the possibility that some Norwegians move to take advantage of better child care possibilities in the destination municipality.