Estimating fertility responses to expectations: evidence from the 1958 British cohort
The aim of this work is to explore the relationship between unemployment and fertility. The hypothesis we investigate is that unemployment affects fertility decisions by influencing individual's expectations of future job opportunities and wage levels. A spell of unemployment may induce women t...
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University of Oxford
2001
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