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Fertility and Parental Labor-Force Participation: New Evidence from a Developing Country in theBalkans

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dc.contributor.authorTrako, Iva
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T16:29:57Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T16:29:57Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor force participation in a developing country in the Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. To address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, the analysis exploits the Albanian parental preference for having sons combined with the siblings' sex-composition instrument as an exogenous source of variation. Using a repeated cross-section of parents with at least two children, the analysis finds a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on parental labor supply for parents who are more likely to be younger, less educated, or live in extended families. The IV estimates for mothers show that they increase labor supply, especially hours worked per week and the likelihood of working off-farm. Similarly, fathers' likelihood of working off-farm and having a second occupation increase as a consequence of further childbearing. The heterogeneity analysis suggests that this positive effect might be the result of two plausible mechanisms: childcare provided by non-parental adults in extended families and greater financial costs of maintaining more children.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588911562005798338/Fertility-and-Parental-Labor-Force-Participation-New-Evidence-from-a-Developing-Country-in-theBalkans
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8931
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/32031
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8931
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectCHILDCARE
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectOFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.titleFertility and Parental Labor-Force Participationen
dc.title.subtitleNew Evidence from a Developing Country in theBalkansen
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okr.crossref.titleFertility and Parental Labor-Force Participation: New Evidence from a Developing Country in the Balkans
okr.date.disclosure2019-07-01
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588911562005798338/Fertility-and-Parental-Labor-Force-Participation-New-Evidence-from-a-Developing-Country-in-theBalkans
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8931
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum31222526
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitEducation Global Practice
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