IZA World of Labor - Massimiliano Bratti

Massimiliano Bratti

University of Milan, Italy, and IZA, Germany

I think that IZA World of Labor is an excellent way of bringing academic research to the people. I hope that the general public and policymakers will find it useful

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Milan, Italy

Research interest

Education economics, health economics, household economics, labor economics

Website

http://bit.ly/Bratti_IZApage

Past positions

Visiting researcher, Center for Labor Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2010; Marie Curie Research Fellow, Tilburg University, 2004; Research Fellow, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2001–2003

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Warwick, 2005

Selected publications

“Parental health and child schooling.” Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014): 94–108 (with M. Mendola).
“Delayed first birth and new mothers’ labor market outcomes: Evidence from biological fertility shocks.” European Journal of Population 30:1 (2014): 35–63 (with L. Cavalli).
“Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level: The case of Italian manufacturing.” Economics of Education Review 41 (2014): 161–175 (with R. Leombruni).
“Are exporters more likely to introduce product innovations?” The World Economy 35:11 (2012): 1559–1598 (with G. Felice).
“The effect of delaying motherhood on the second childbirth in Europe.” Journal of Population Economics 25:1 (2012): 291–321 (with K. Tatsiramos).

- Labor markets and institutions
- Demography, family, and gender
Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes

Postponed childbearing increases women’s labor market attachment but may reduce overall fertility

Massimiliano Bratti, January 2015

The rise in the average age of women bearing their first child is a well-established demographic trend in recent decades. Postponed childbearing can have important consequences for the mother and, at a macro level, for the country as a whole. Research has focused on the effect postponing fertility has on the labor market outcomes for mothers and on the total number of children a woman has in her lifetime. Most research finds that postponing the first birth raises a mother’s labor force participation and wages but may have negative effects on overall fertility, especially in the absence of supportive family-friendly policies.
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