CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS: A REVIEW OF FERTILITY AND CAUSALITY

被引:18
作者
Clarke, Damian [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Santiago Chile, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile
关键词
Causality; Childbirth; Contraceptives; Fertility; LABOR-MARKET CONSEQUENCES; FAMILY-PLANNING PROGRAMS; QUALITY TRADE-OFF; ABORTION LEGALIZATION; TEENAGE CHILDBEARING; EXOGENOUS VARIATION; BIRTH-ORDER; SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; FORCE PARTICIPATION;
D O I
10.1111/joes.12202
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Childbearing decisions are not made in isolation. They are taken in concert with decisions regarding work, marriage, health investments and stocks, as well as many other observable and non-observable considerations. Drawing causal inferences regarding the effect of additional children on family outcomes is complicated by these endogenous factors. This paper lays out the issues involved in estimating the effect of additional child births on family outcomes, and the assumptions underlying the range of estimators and methodologies proposed in the economic literature. The common pitfalls of these estimators are discussed, as well as their potential to bias our interpretation of the effect additional births have on children and parents, both in the existing literature and in future work in the face of changing patterns of childbearing and child-rearing.
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页码:518 / 540
页数:23
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