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Title
The Timing of Childbearing and Female Labor Supply in China
Creator
Creator Name
Ma, Xinxin Ma, Xinxin
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Creator Name
Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Jingwen
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Renmin University of China
Editor
Contributor Name
Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Timing of childbearing
female labor supply
irregular work
work-family conflict
China
JEL
J13
J16
J22
Abstract
For decades Chinese married women have delayed conceiving their first child influenced by government birth limitation policies, the improvement of women’s educational attainment and the changes in childbearing preferences. Even though it can be thought that the delayed childbearing may affect female labor supply in China, there are few empirical studies on the issue. Long-term longitudinal survey data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1989 to 2015 is used to conduct an empirical study to investigate the impact of the timing of childbearing on the labor supply (labor participation and irregular work) of Chinese married women. This study employs the random-effects model and the instrumental variables (IV) method to address the heterogeneity and endogeneity problems. The results indicate that the decision to delay childbearing may increase the female labor supply and decrease the probability of women becoming irregular workers. Robustness checks confirm these results.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2018-10
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
CEI Working Paper Series, No. 2018-9
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Related Identifier
URI
  http://cei.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/index.html
Number of Pages
34
Sponsorship
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion Science) KAKENHI (Grant Number JP16K03611 and 18H00863).
Appears in Collections
CEI Working Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/29624