FERTILITY PROCESSES IN LOW FERTILITY COUNTRIES

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：使用构建的数据集 挪威统计局的这一项目来自挪威登记系统， 我们考察了儿童保育服务的提供对儿童保育的时间和水平的影响 生育能力。我们假设儿童保育服务的提供会影响 工作和养育子女的不相容--本质上， 这两个角色之间的不相容随着时间和空间的不同而不同。vbl.使用 这种独特的挪威数据集和多变量动态建模程序，我们 评估市级托儿所供给对生育模式的影响。 随着时间的推移，市级托儿所的供应量各不相同。我们的 对于一些挪威人搬到 在目的地城市有更好的儿童保育机会的优势。

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.