TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of delaying motherhood on the second childbirth in Europe
AU - Bratti, Massimiliano
AU - Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - We examine the effect of delaying motherhood on the transition to the second childbirth across European countries. There exist two opposite forces of delaying the first birth: biological and socio-cultural factors producing a postponement effect and career-related factors leading to a catch-up effect. Estimating a multistate duration model that addresses the endogeneity of age at first birth, we find a catch-up effect in countries where the career effect is large and a postponement effect in countries where the opportunity cost of childbearing is relatively high due to the lack of family friendly institutions and cultural influences, which may discourage late childbearing. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
AB - We examine the effect of delaying motherhood on the transition to the second childbirth across European countries. There exist two opposite forces of delaying the first birth: biological and socio-cultural factors producing a postponement effect and career-related factors leading to a catch-up effect. Estimating a multistate duration model that addresses the endogeneity of age at first birth, we find a catch-up effect in countries where the career effect is large and a postponement effect in countries where the opportunity cost of childbearing is relatively high due to the lack of family friendly institutions and cultural influences, which may discourage late childbearing. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
KW - Duration
KW - Fertility
KW - Postponement
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7124ff16-0485-3f2a-a2c0-d80751a63c94/
U2 - 10.1007/s00148-010-0341-9
DO - 10.1007/s00148-010-0341-9
M3 - Article
SN - 0933-1433
VL - 25
SP - 291
EP - 321
JO - Journal of Population Economics
JF - Journal of Population Economics
IS - 1
ER -