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Title: The Effect of Child Gender on Parents Labor Supply: Responses among Natives, Immigrants, and Racial and Ethnic Subgroups

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This paper examines whether the differential labor supply response of mothers and fathers by child gender varies between immigrants and natives and over racial and ethnic subgroups using the 19902000 Census and 19942008 March CPS supplement. We find that immigrants worked fewer weeks and hours per year if they have a son rather than a daughter. However, even the effect of having a son versus a daughter varies by whether or not the parents emigrated from an Asian country or another part of the world. We also find evidence in the CPS that the effect of child gender on mens labor supply is different for different racial groups, suggesting that son preference may be persistent even when the economic rationale for son preference no longer exists.

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Authors: Pabilonia, Sabrina W.; Ward-Batts, Jennifer

Conference Name: Population Association of America

Publisher Location: Dallas, TX

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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