Opportunity Costs of Having a Child, Finance Constraints and Fertility
Nicolas Dromel
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Dominique Méda
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Résumé
Economic theory often assumes that the opportunity costs of having a child and financial constraints have a simultaneous but opposite influence on fertility. This empirical study aims to test the concomitance of these effects using the answers to an original survey carried out in 2003 amongst nearly 1000 French employees, giving information about the impact of their working schedule on the number of children they intend to have. The statistical analysis, based on a 'ceteris paribus' approach using Logit estimates, strongly confirms the simultaneous presence of these two explanatory dimensions.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Opportunity Costs of Having a Child, Finance Constraints and Fertility
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Résumé |
en
Economic theory often assumes that the opportunity costs of having a child and financial constraints have a simultaneous but opposite influence on fertility. This empirical study aims to test the concomitance of these effects using the answers to an original survey carried out in 2003 amongst nearly 1000 French employees, giving information about the impact of their working schedule on the number of children they intend to have. The statistical analysis, based on a 'ceteris paribus' approach using Logit estimates, strongly confirms the simultaneous presence of these two explanatory dimensions.
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Auteur(s) |
Gilbert Cette
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, Nicolas Dromel
2, 3
, Dominique Méda
4
1
Centre de recherche de la Banque de France
( 171776 )
- 31 rue Croix des petits champs 75001 PARIS - France
- France
2
CREST -
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
( 2579 )
- 5, Avenue Henry Le Chatelier, 91120 Palaiseau
- France
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GREQAM -
Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille
( 199934 )
- Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la Charité, 13236 Marseille cedex 02
- France
4
CEE -
Centre d'études de l'emploi
( 55208 )
- "Le Descartes I" 29 promenade Michel Simon 93166 Noisy-le-Grand cedex
- France
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2007
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Volume |
14
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Page/Identifiant |
239-244
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Mots-clés |
en
Fertility determinants, Work-life balance, Finance constraints
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DOI | 10.1080/13504850500425535 |
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