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Title: The Gendered Effects of Career Concerns on Fertility

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: A growing literature reveals that the adverse effect of children on career advancement falls disproportion- ately on women. This raises the possibility that women respond to career concerns by delaying family formation more than men. Using a panel dataset on lawyers, we find females are less likely to have their first-child before the promotion decision. This fertility gap is not explained away by gender-based sorting or gender differences in marriage-timing and spousal occupation. Two channels drive our results: women bear child-rearing costs and gender-specific promotion thresholds. This implies the focus on the gender wage gap understates gender inequality in the labor market.

Url: https://www.usna.edu/EconDept/RePEc/usn/wp/usnawp59.pdf

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Authors: Park, Kyung; Rim, Nayoung

Series Title: UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER

Publication Number: 2017-59

Institution: US Naval Academy

Pages: 22

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Gender

Countries: United States