The relationship between wages and income and the timing and spacing of births: evidence from Swedish longitudinal data

Heckman, J.J.; Walker, J.R.

Econometrica Journal of the Econometric Society 58(6): 1,411-1,441

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 1014-885X
PMID: 12343323
Document Number: 375822
"This paper estimates semiparametric reduced-form neoclassical models of life-cycle fertility in Sweden.... The estimated model integrates aspects of life cycle fertility that have previously been studied in isolation of each other: completed fertility, childlessness, interbirth intervals, and the time series of annual birth rates. The main objective of this paper is to determine which aspects of life cycle fertility, if any, are sensitive to male income and female wages."

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