FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY AND FERTILITY. CAUSAL EVIDENCE FOR LATIN AMERICA

ABSTRACT This paper studies the causal relationship between fertility and female labor supply using census data from 14 Latin American countries and the U.S. over three decades (1980, 1990 and 2000). Parental preferences for a gender-balanced family is exploited as a source of exogenous variation....

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Main Author: Darío Tortarolo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas 2014-11-01
Series:Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires
Online Access:https://ojs.econ.uba.ar/index.php/REPBA/article/view/782