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References for Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes
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Further reading
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Key references
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Miller, A. R. "The effects of
motherhood timing on career path" Journal of
Population Economics 24:3 (2011): 1071–1100. Key reference: [1]
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Hotz, V. J., McElroy, S. W., Sanders, S. G. "Teenage
childbearing and its life cycle consequences: Exploiting a
natural experiment" Journal of Human
Resources 40:3 (2005): 683–715. Key reference: [2]
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Bratti, M., Cavalli, L. "Delayed first
birth and new mothers’ labor market outcomes: Evidence from
biological fertility shocks" European Journal
of Population 30:1 (2014): 35–63. Key reference: [3]
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Karimi, A. Effects of the
Timing of Births on Women's Earnings: Evidence from a Natural
Experiment Institute for the
Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) Working
Paper No.17, 2014. Key reference: [4]
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Wilde, E. T., Batchelder, L., Ellwood, D. T. The Mommy Track
Divides: The Impact of Childbearing on Wages of Women of
Differing Skill Levels NBER Working
Paper No.16582, 2010. Key reference: [5]
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Troske, K. R., Voicu, A. "The effect of the
timing and spacing of births on the level of labor market
involvement of married women" Empirical
Economics 45:1 (2013): 483–521. Key reference: [6]
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Picchio, M., Pigini, C., Staffolani, C., Verashchagina, A. "If not now, when?
The timing of childbirth and labor market outcomes" Journal of Applied
Econometrics 36:6 (2021): 663–685. Key reference: [7]
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Cigno, A., Ermisch, J. "A microeconomic
analysis of the timing of births" European Economic
Review 33:4 (1989): 737–760. Key reference: [8]
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Gustafsson, S. "Optimal age at
motherhood: Theoretical and empirical considerations on
postponement of maternity in Europe" Journal of
Population Economics 14:2 (2001): 225–247. Key reference: [9]
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Billari, F. C., Kohler, H. P., Andersson, G., Lundström, H. "Approaching the
limit: Long-term trends in late and very late fertility" Population and
Development Review 33:1 (2007): 149–170. Key reference: [10]
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Heckman, J. J., Hotz, V. J., Walker, J. "New evidence on
the timing and spacing of births" American Economic
Review 75:2 (1985): 179–184. Key reference: [11]
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Heckman, J. J., Walker, J. "The third birth in
Sweden" Journal of
Population Economics 3:4 (1990): 235–275. Key reference: [12]
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Bratti, M., Tatsiramos, K. "The effect of
delaying motherhood on the second childbirth in Europe" Journal of
Population Economics 25:1 (2012): 291–321. Key reference: [13]
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Herr, J. L. "Measuring the
effect of the timing of first birth" Journal of
Population Economics 29:1 (2016): 39–72. Key reference: [14]
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de la Croix, D., Pommeret, A. "Childbearing
postponement, its option value, and the biological clock" Journal of
Economic Theory (2021). Key reference: [15]
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Miller, A. R. "The effects of
motherhood timing on career path" Journal of
Population Economics 24:3 (2011): 1071–1100.
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Additional References
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- Blackburn, M. L., Bloom, D. E., Neumark, D. "Fertility timing, wages, and human capital" Journal of Population Economics 6 (1993): 1–30.
- Bratti, M., Meroni, E. C., Pronzato, C. "Motherhood postponement and wages in Europe" ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute—Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich 15:2 (2017): 31–37.
- Chandler, T. D., Yoshinori, K., Werbel, J. D. "Do delays in marriage and childbirth affect earnings?" Social Science Quarterly 75:4 (1994): 838–853.
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- Del Bono, E., Pronzato, C. Does Breastfeeding Support at Work Help Mothers and Employers at the Same Time? Institute for Social and Economic Research Working Paper No.2012-06, 2012.
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- Lutz, W., Skirbekk, V. "Policies addressing the tempo effect in low-fertility countries" Population and Development Review 31:4 (2005): 699–720.
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