The weak impact of female labour force participation on Norwegian third-birth rates
Kravdal, O.
European Journal of Population 8(3): 247-263
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0168-6577 PMID: 12317496 DOI: 10.1007/bf01797212Document Number: 329913
"Individual-level retrospective data from the [Norwegian] Family and Occupation Survey of 1988 are used to estimate the effects of various employment variables on the third-birth rates among post-war Norwegian birth cohorts. Women who appear to have a strong work orientation, and may face relatively high opportunity costs of childbearing, do not have particularly low probability of advancing to parity three. This is consistent with previous Swedish and British studies, and lends some support to the view that other factors than stronger employment preferences and increased job opportunities have been largely responsible for the 'second demographic transition' in Europe." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
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