IMPACT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT CHILD ON MATERNAL LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN

被引：0

作者：

Tsou, Meng-Wen ^{[1
]}

Liu, Jin-Tan ^{[2
,3
]}

Wang, Kuang-Hsien ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cent Univ, Jhongli 32001, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

[2] Natl Taiwan Univ, Taipei, Taiwan

[3] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Ming Chuan Univ, Taipei, Taiwan

来源：

PACIFIC ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2014年 / 19卷 / 04期

关键词：

MOTHERS; HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; WORK; FAMILIES; CARE;

D O I：

10.1111/1468-0106.12075

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the impact of having a low birth weight child on maternal labour force participation. We use the instrumental variable technique, the sister fixed-effects model and the propensity score matching method to control for the endogeneity of child health. Using a unique national merged parent-child data set from Taiwan, the within-sister estimates indicate that having a low birth weight child reduces female employment during the first 3years after the birth, by 1-2percentage points. Furthermore, the adverse employment effect is found to be particularly strong for those mothers who have an illegitimate child with low birth weight.

引用

页码：483 / 501

页数：19

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