Purchased child care, optimal family size and mother's employment Theory and econometric analysis Export

@article{citeulike:2595655, abstract = {The paper develops a model of family size decisions in which couples choose explicitly a combination of mother's time and purchased childcare (e.g. childminders, nannies) for the care and rearing of children. The theoretical model implies that the impact of the mother's wage on her completed fertility varies with the market price of childcare, and that this effect increases (becoming less negative or more positive) with the level of her wage. Econometric analysis of British micro-data confirms the main predictions of the model.}, author = {Ermisch, John F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2595655}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00522403}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00522403}, journal = {Journal of Population Economics}, keywords = {child\_care, fertility, flp, households}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {79--102}, posted-at = {2008-03-26 14:30:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Purchased child care, optimal family size and mother's employment Theory and econometric analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00522403}, volume = {2}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2595655 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2595655 N2 - The paper develops a model of family size decisions in which couples choose explicitly a combination of mother's time and purchased childcare (e.g. childminders, nannies) for the care and rearing of children. The theoretical model implies that the impact of the mother's wage on her completed fertility varies with the market price of childcare, and that this effect increases (becoming less negative or more positive) with the level of her wage. Econometric analysis of British micro-data confirms the main predictions of the model. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Population Economics EP - 102 TI - Purchased child care, optimal family size and mother's employment Theory and econometric analysis VL - 2 SP - 79 KW - child_care KW - fertility KW - flp KW - households AU - Ermisch, John PY - 1989/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00522403 ER -