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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).

article(s)

  • Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes Updated

    Postponed childbearing improves women’s labor market outcomes but may reduce overall fertility

    Massimiliano Bratti, January 2023
    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 mothers and, at a macro level, for the country in which they live. Research has primarily focused on the effect postponing fertility has on mothers’ labor market outcomes 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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