TY - UNPB

T1 - Fertility and Family Labor Supply

AU - Jørgensen, Thomas Høgholm

AU - Low, Hamish

AU - Jakobsen, Katrine Marie Tofthøj

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - We study the role of fertility adjustments for the labor market responsiveness ofmen and women. First, we use longitudinal Danish register data and tax reformsfrom 2009 to provide new empirical evidence on asymmetric fertility adjustmentsto tax changes of men and women. Second, we quantify the importance of thesefertility adjustments for understanding the labor supply responsiveness of couplesthrough a life-cycle model of family labor supply and fertility. Allowing fertilityadjustments increases the labor supply responsiveness of women by 28%. Theseadjustments affect human capital accumulation and has permanent implications forthe gender wage gap within couples

AB - We study the role of fertility adjustments for the labor market responsiveness ofmen and women. First, we use longitudinal Danish register data and tax reformsfrom 2009 to provide new empirical evidence on asymmetric fertility adjustmentsto tax changes of men and women. Second, we quantify the importance of thesefertility adjustments for understanding the labor supply responsiveness of couplesthrough a life-cycle model of family labor supply and fertility. Allowing fertilityadjustments increases the labor supply responsiveness of women by 28%. Theseadjustments affect human capital accumulation and has permanent implications forthe gender wage gap within couples

M3 - Working paper

BT - Fertility and Family Labor Supply

PB - CEBI, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality, Department of Economics, Unversity of Copenhagen

ER -