scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of Life Cycle Fertility and Female Labor Supply

Econometrica ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Joseph Hotz ◽  
Robert A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Female Labor Supply ◽  
Female Labor

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Female Labor Supply and Caregiving Over the Life Cycle

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 585-585
Author(s):  
Alison Aughinbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Female Labor Supply ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Female Labor ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Household Members ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract I examine the effects of caring for others on female labor supply over the life-cycle using a fixed effect model. The data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), which collects information about the care of each child during his first three years and the care provided to household members during a woman’s 50s. The NLSY79 data show that women’s labor supply drops around the time a child is born and then rises, with over 50 percent working by time their children reach age 2. In addition, these data show that during their 50s, about 9 percent of women provide care to someone living in their household and that these female caregivers spend about 40 hours per week providing care. Time spent in caregiving may affect time in the labor force, and hence the ability to invest in a career and accumulate work experience and wage growth.

Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1517-1552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orazio Attanasio ◽  
Hamish Low ◽  
Virginia Sánchez-Marcos
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Female Labor Supply ◽  
Life Cycle Model ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Female Labor ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
Cost Of Children ◽  
The Cost

This paper studies the life-cycle labor supply of three cohorts of American women, born in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. We focus on the increase in labor supply of mothers between the 1940s and 1950s cohorts. We construct a life-cycle model of female participation and savings, and calibrate the model to match the behavior of the middle cohort. We investigate which changes in the determinants of labor supply account for the increases in participation early in the life-cycle observed for the youngest cohort. A combination of a reduction in the cost of children alongside a reduction in the wage-gender gap is needed. (JEL D91, J16, J22, J31)

scholarly journals Household Formation, Female Labor Supply, and Savings

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 868-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Fehr ◽  
Manuel Kallweit ◽  
Fabian Kindermann
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Female Labor Supply ◽  
Household Formation ◽  
Female Labor
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