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Children and Women's Participation Dynamics: Transitory and Long-Term Effects

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dc.creator Voicu, Alexandru
dc.creator Buddelmeyer, Hielke
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:37Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:37Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20452
dc.identifier ppn:360947786
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20452
dc.description Children affect the after-birth labor force participation of women in two ways. Directly, the time spent in child-care reduces the labor market effort. The time spent out of the labor market while on maternity leave alters women's participation experience and, thus, indirectly affects subsequent participation behavior. This paper proposes a model that disentangles the direct and indirect effect of children on women's labor force participation, and evaluates their relative importance. Participation decisions on a three-state space - employed full-time, employed part-time, not employed - are represented by a multivariate probit model with a general correlation structure. The model allows for a high degree of flexibility in modeling the dependence of sequential decisions. The estimation is performed using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. It is shown that the indirect effect, through time out of the labor market, is more important. The discrepancy is sharper for full-time employment and grows with the length of the interruption.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 729
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C15
dc.subject J13
dc.subject C11
dc.subject J22
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject female labor supply
dc.subject multivariate probit model
dc.subject Gibbs sampler
dc.subject Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
dc.subject Arbeitsangebot
dc.subject Kinderbetreuung
dc.subject Kinder
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Children and Women's Participation Dynamics: Transitory and Long-Term Effects
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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