The Relationship between Age at First Birth and Mother's Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from Danish Data.

Having children creates career interruptions and reductions in labor income for women. This study documents the relation between the age at first birth (AFB) and women's labor income. We study these dynamics in the short run (i.e. ratio between labor income at AFB and two years prior to AFB) an...

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Main Authors: Man Yee Mallory Leung, Fane Groes, Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4723246?pdf=render