Fertility and family labor supply

We study how fertility decisions interact with labor supply of men and women. First, we use longitudinal Danish register data and tax reforms to show that increases in wages of women decrease fertility while increases in wages of men increase fertility. Second, we estimate a life-cycle model to quan...

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Main Authors: Jakobsen, KM, Jørgensen, TH, Low, H
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2022