Effects of birth spacing and timing on mothers' labor force participation |
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Authors: | Carole F Miller Jing Jian Xiao |
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Institution: | (1) University of Rhode Island, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Data from the March 1991Current Population Survey Bureau of the Census, 1992] were used to investigate the effects of children on single and married mothers' labor force
participation decisions. Logit results indicated that for both single and married mothers, an increase in education and market
experience increases the probability of market participation while an increase in income has a negative effect on the likelihood
of mothers' labor market participation. The number of children present in the household negatively affected participation
while an increase in the age of children positively influenced the mother's labor market participation. The spacing effect
in the married group and the timing effect in the single group were significant. Furthermore, an increase in the number of
older children in the household (between the ages of 12 and 17 years) increased the probability of labor market participation
by single mothers but decreased that of married mothers. |
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