Versión de HTML Básico
Analíti a
k
9
Revista de Análisis Estadístico
Journal of Statistical Analysis
Analítika, Revista de análisis estadístico, (2015), Vol. 9
Impact of Fertility on Female Labor Supply
15
paid work outside home) with a negative impact of 8 percentage points. Finally, for married
women there is a negative impact of 8 to 9 percentage points in all work measurement
4
.
Table 3:
Fraction of families that had another child
Sex of first child in women with one or more children
All women
Married Women
Fraction Fraction that
Fraction Fraction that
of sample had another child of sample had another child
(a) one girl
0.489
0.674
0.488
0.685
[0.0008]
[0.00087]
(b) one boy
0.511
0.676
0.512
0.688
[0.00079]
[0.00084]
difference (b)-(a)
0.0018
0.0025
[0.001141]
[0.0012]
Sex of first two children in women with two or more children
All women
Married Women
Fraction Fraction that
Fraction Fraction that
of sample had another child of sample had another child
two girls
0.242
0.502
0.242
0.506
[0.0015]
[0.0016]
two boys
0.263
0.497
0.263
0.4999
[0.00144]
[0.0015]
(a) one boy, one girl
0.495
0.464
0.496
0.466
[0.00105]
[0.0011]
(b) both same sex
0.505
0.499
0.504
0.503
[0.00104]
[0.0011]
difference (b)-(a)
0.036
0.037
[0.0015 ]
[0.00157]
Note: 2010 Census data (Census-INEC). The samples are the same as in Table 2. Standard errors in
brackets.
Table 4:
First Stage: Fertility measure is third child variable
All Women
Married Women
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
same sex 0.0365
0.0382
[0.0014]***
[0.0014]***
two boys
0.0331
0.0347
[0.0019]***
[0.0020]***
two girls
0.0401
0.0417
[0.0020]***
[0.0021]***
R
2
0.14
0.14
0.15
0.15
N
455125
455125
404795
404795
Note: 2010 Census data (Census-INEC). * p
<
0.1; ** p
<
0.05; *** p
<
0.01 Robust standard errors in
brackets. Covariates: age of women, age at first birth, indicators for Boy 1st, Boy 2nd and dummies by
indigenous and urban status. The variable Boy 2nd is excluded from columns (2).
4
The results considering the number of children as a measure of fertility, also show a reduction in labor
supply. These results are available if required
9