The impact of postponing motherhood on women's income in Brazil

This paper investigates the impact of the postponement of motherhood on women’s earnings and gender gap in Brazilian labor market, based on data from Brazilian National Health Survey of 2013. Using the Heckman (1979) approach, the results suggest that postponing motherhood has a positive impact of 1...

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Main Authors: Juliana Lopes Andrade, Marina Silva da Cunha
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2021-03-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/165870