CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Abdurazzakova, Dilnovoz |
|---|---|
| Title | Motherhood and Female Labor Supply: Causal Evidence from Central Asia |
| Summary | This paper estimates the impact of having more children on women’s labor force participation in Central Asia using all available waves of standard Demographic Health Surveys conducted between 1995 and 2017. The two stage least squares method using infertility, son preference and having twin birth as instrument variables is applied to estimate the causal impact. By using OLS method, I find statistical significant negative association between fertility rate and mother’s current labor supply, employment and occupation type. Once potential endogenity issue associated with fertility decision is solved, having more children does not show any impact on female occupation and employment type in Central Asia. It is significantly decreasing only female’s current working probability. Estimated negative effect is strong among females living in rich households and urban regions. However, if estimation is restricted to mothers who has at least one or two children, it is also becoming insignificant factor to explain mother’s current labor supply. Hence, I can state that becoming a mother decreases female’s labor supply significantly but, once female entered to motherhood, marginal change in the number of children does not effect on their working probability significantly. |
| Supervisor | Andrea Weber |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/abdurazzakova_dilnov.pdf |
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