Birth Spacing and Women’s Labor Supply
An Empirical Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6138073 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yen‐ling Lin (0000-0002-6656-287X, corresponding author), Yen-Ling Lin (0000-0002-9913-0723, Tamkang University, Taiwan.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 21-21 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1225-925X • E-ISSN: 2586-5714 |
| Publisher | XMLink (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14431/aw.2015.09.31.3.21 |
| OpenAlex | W2269573000 |
| Language | EN |
This study investigates the relationship between birth spacing and women’s labor supply. With the increase in marriage age, women have less time to become pregnant. With longer birth spacing, the number of births becomes fewer. This study uses multiyear cross-sectional data and 3-stage regressions to examine the effects between birth spacing and women’s labor supply. The empirical results reveal that longer birth spacing has a nonnegative impact on the labor supply, and labor market participation positively corresponds with birth spacing. We recommend that fertility policies consider the labor supply effects of birth spacing to encourage women to shorten their birth spacing through an incentive design
Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |