The effects of immigration on household services, labour supply, and fertility
Romiti, Agnese (2018) The effects of immigration on household services, labour supply, and fertility. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 80 (4). pp. 843-869. ISSN 1468-0084 (https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12225)
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Abstract
Fertility and female labour force participation are no longer negatively correlated in developed countries. At the same time, increased immigration affects supply and prices of household services, which are relevant to fertility and employment decisions. This paper analyses the effect of immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK. Adopting an instrumental variable approach, I find that immigration increases female labour supply without affecting fertility. My results show that immigration increases the size of the childcare sector, and reduces its prices, suggesting that immigrants may ease the trade‐off between working and child rearing among native women.
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Romiti, Agnese ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0986-0333;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 65418 Dates: DateEvent31 August 2018Published28 December 2017Published Online8 November 2017AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Economic Theory Department: Strathclyde Business School > Economics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 13 Sep 2018 14:42 Last modified: 29 Sep 2024 13:32 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65418