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Causal Analysis in Population StudiesFemale Labour Participation with Concurrent Demographic Processes: An Estimation for Italy

Causal Analysis in Population Studies: Female Labour Participation with Concurrent Demographic... [This paper sets out to measure the “true” influence of partnering and fertility decisions on women’s participation in the labour market in Italy in 2002. Our model is rather complex for the following reasons. Firstly, because we consider several demographic processes, all of which are potentially affected by endogeneity (i.e. are in turn influenced by labour market decisions). Secondly because we use a cross sectional data source with retrospective questions, which calls into question two additional issues: selectivity and treatment effects. Selectivity arises because only a few, non-random individuals (women in our case) are observed in a given state (e.g. at work, or with children). Treatment effects arise because certain experiences of the past (e.g. having found a husband), may later put a woman on a different life course, which affects her approach towards family formation and labour participation.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Causal Analysis in Population StudiesFemale Labour Participation with Concurrent Demographic Processes: An Estimation for Italy

Part of the The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book Series (volume 23)
Editors: Engelhardt, Henriette; Kohler, Hans-Peter; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia
De Santis, Gustavo; Pino, Antonino Di
Causal Analysis in Population Studies — Jan 1, 2009
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Netherlands 2009
ISBN
978-1-4020-9966-3
Pages
149 –165
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_7
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Abstract

[This paper sets out to measure the “true” influence of partnering and fertility decisions on women’s participation in the labour market in Italy in 2002. Our model is rather complex for the following reasons. Firstly, because we consider several demographic processes, all of which are potentially affected by endogeneity (i.e. are in turn influenced by labour market decisions). Secondly because we use a cross sectional data source with retrospective questions, which calls into question two additional issues: selectivity and treatment effects. Selectivity arises because only a few, non-random individuals (women in our case) are observed in a given state (e.g. at work, or with children). Treatment effects arise because certain experiences of the past (e.g. having found a husband), may later put a woman on a different life course, which affects her approach towards family formation and labour participation.]

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: Labour Market; Instrumental Variable; Female Employment; Labour Market Participation; Marital Dissolution

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