The effect of fertility timing on women's earnings at midlife in the UK.

Autor/inn/en	Nisén, Jessica; Tassot, Johanna; Iacoella, Francesco; Eibich, Peter
Titel	The effect of fertility timing on women's earnings at midlife in the UK. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Auswirkung des Zeitpunkts der Fruchtbarkeit auf das Einkommen von Frauen in der Lebensmitte in Großbritannien.
Quelle	Rostock (2022), 26 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	MPIDR working paper. 2022-021
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2022-021
Schlagwörter	Generatives Verhalten; Lebensalter; Familienplanung; Frau; Eltern; Einkommenseffekt; Berufserfahrung; Qualifikation; Mittleres Lebensalter; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Großbritannien
Abstract	"An extensive body of research shows that motherhood has substantial impacts on women's earnings, but there is less evidence on the effect of the timing of motherhood, particularly in the long term and from contexts other than the US. This study analyses data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) to examine whether the timing of motherhood affects women's midlife earnings, as well as the role of potential mediators (tertiary education, years in paid work, and number of children). We make use of the occurrence and timing of biological fertility shocks as a source of exogenous variation in the age at first birth. We find evidence for that avoidance of early motherhood may have a positive effect on women's earnings in midlife in the UK. This effect is likely to be mediated by years in paid work and number of children. These findings call for policies that support early mothers' employment careers." The study refers to the period 1970-2016. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1