Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 
Author-Name: Qihui Chen
Author-Email:  chen1006@umn.edu
Author-Workplace-Name:  Beijing Food Safety Policy & Strategy Research Base, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Title: Fertility and Parental Labor Supply in Rural Northwestern China - Evidence From Twin Births
Abstract:  This study exploits twin births to identify the effects of fertility on parental labor supply in rural northwestern China. Instrumental variable estimation suggests that having an additional child reduces mothers’ yearly labor supply by seven days and shifts their labor supply from wage work (a 10-day reduction) to farm work (a three-day increase). In contrast, paternal labor supply is unaffected by changes in fertility.
Classification-JEL:  j13,R23,P25
Keywords:  fertility, labor supply,rural china
Journal:  Asian Economics Letters
Pages: 1-8
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year:  2022
DOI:  2022/06/16
File-URL:  https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/29959-fertility-and-parental-labor-supply-in-rural-northwestern-china-evidence-from-twin-births.pdf
File-Format:  Application/pdf
Handle:  RePEc:ayb:jrnael:58