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Low Fertility of Highly Educated Women: The Impact of Child Care Infrastructure
Schrage, Andrea (2007) Low Fertility of Highly Educated Women: The Impact of Child Care Infrastructure. Regensburger Diskussionsbeiträge zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft 421, Working Paper.Date of publication of this fulltext: 23 Apr 2007 13:47
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.4538
Abstract
Most studies of the negative correlation between fertility and education treat education as exogenously raising wages and the cost of child rearing, thus reducing fertility. I relax these assumptions in two respects. First, child costs don't increase with the value of time when external child care is used. Second, over a lifetime, education is endogenous. I model women's choice of education, ...
Most studies of the negative correlation between fertility and education treat education as exogenously raising wages and the cost of child rearing, thus reducing fertility. I relax these assumptions in two respects. First, child costs don't increase with the value of time when external child care is used. Second, over a lifetime, education is endogenous. I model women's choice of education, fertility, and form of child care, allowing for economies of scale in parental child care. Compatibility between work and family duties increases labor supply, the demand for children of educated women, and enhances incentives for obtaining education.
Die meisten Untersuchungen über den negativen Zusammenhang zwischen Kinderzahl und Ausbildung behandeln den Bildungsstand als exogene Größe, welche den Lohn und damit die Kosten der Kinderbetreuungs erhöht und die Fertilität reduziert. Zwei Annahmen werden in diesem Papier gelockert. Erstens steigen die Kinderkosten nicht mit dem Wert der Zeit wenn externe Kinderbetreuung in Anspruch genommen werden. Zweitens ist das Bildungsniveau in einer Lebenszeitbetrachtung endogen. Ich modelliere die Entscheidung einer Frau über ihre Bildung, Fertilität und Kinderbetreuungsform. Dabei werden auch Skalenerträge in der häuslichen Kinderbetreuung berücksichtigt. Bessere Vereinbarkeit zwischen beruflichen und familiären Verpflichtungen erhöht das Arbeitsangebot, die Nachfrage gebildeter Frauen nach Kindern, und die Anreize in Bildung zu investieren.
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| Item type | Monograph (Working Paper) | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Regensburger Diskussionsbeiträge zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft | ||||||||||
| Series of the University of Regensburg: | Regensburger Diskussionsbeiträge zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 421 | ||||||||||
| Date | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Business, Economics and Information Systems | ||||||||||
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| Keywords | Kinderbetreuungskosten , Fertilität , Bildungsplanung , Arbeitsangebot, , endogenous fertility , child care , education | ||||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics | ||||||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||||||
| Refereed | No, this document will not be refereed | ||||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-opus-7895 | ||||||||||
| Item ID | 4538 |
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