The effect of the timing and spacing of births on the level of labor market involvement of married women

Empirical Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 483-521

  Troske, Kenneth R ^a,b   Voicu, Alexandru ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous fertility decisions; Female labor supply; Gibbs sampler; Heterogeneous children effects; Multinomial probit model; Timing and spacing of births

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84880822987     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-012-0620-2     Document Type: Article

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