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Population Change and the Employment of Women

 

 May 8 and 10, 2007

 


 

Contents:

Agenda  Sources for Presentations
 Links  Supplements
 Handouts PowerPoints

 

 

 

(You can find the sources for specific topics by clicking on the topic in the provisional agenda.)


 

Agenda

 

I. OPENING REMARKS

 

 

II. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT

 

"Does Women's Employment Reduce the Birth Rate?"

Noah Walker

"What is the Economic Cost of Motherhood?"

Darwin Hunt

 

III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND MOTHERHOOD

 

"Do Working Mothers Deprive Their Children of Attention?"

Arlene Peguero

"Can We Resolve the Conflict between Employment and Motherhood?"

Jessica Weiss

 

IV. WHAT OPTIONS DO WOMEN HAVE?

 

"Can Today's Women "Have it all"?

Sarah Shaikh

"Why Don't More Women Get Married and Stay Married?"

Jue Chen

 

V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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Sources for Presentations

 

II. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT

 

"Does Women's Employment Reduce the Birth Rate?"

Ahn, Namkee; Mira, Pedro (2002), "A Note on the Changing Relationship Between Fertility and Female Employment Rates in Developed Countries", in Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 667-682. (Paper Reserve)

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray (2002), "Fertility, Dependency and Social Security", Australian Journal of Labour Economics v5, n4 (December 2002): 569-585 . (Use only pp. 576-584.) (Paper Reserve)

Brewster, Karin L. and Ronald Rindfuss, (2000), "Fertility and Women's Employment in Industrialized Nations", in the American Sociology Review, Vol. 26, pp. 271-296.(Electronic Reserves)

Engelhardt, Henriette; Kogel, Tomas; Prskawetz, Alexia (2004), "Fertility and Women's Employment Reconsidered: A Macro-level Time-Series Analysis for Developed Countries, 1960-2000", in Population Studies v58, n1 (March 2004): 109-20. (Omit pp. 115-116.) (Paper Reserve)

Joshi, Heather (2002), "Production, Reproduction, and Education: Women, Children, and Work in a British Perspective", Population and Development Review v28, n3 (September 2002): 445-74 (Use only pages 12-14.) (Electronic Reserves)

Rubery, Jill, et al. (2001), "The Future European Labor Supply: The Critical Role of the Family", Feminist Economics, v7, n3 (November 2001): 33-69. (Paper Reserves)

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"What is the Economic Cost of Motherhood?"

 

Anderson, Deborah J.; Binder, Melissa; Krause, Kate (2002), "The Motherhood Wage Penalty: Which Mothers Pay It and Why?", American Economic Review v92, n2 (May 2002): 354-358. (Electronic Reserves)

Erosa, Andres; Fuster, Luisa; Restuccia, Diego (2002), "Fertility Decisions and Gender Differences in Labor Turnover, Employment, and Wages", Review of Economic Dynamics v5, n4 (October 2002): 856-91. (Omit pp. 861-871.) (Electronic Reserves)

Gupta, Datta Nabanita; Smith, Nina (2002), "Children and Career Interruptions: The Family Gap in Denmark", Economica v69, n276 (November 2002): 609-629. (Missing)

Joshi, Heather (2002), "Production, Reproduction, and Education: Women, Children, and Work in a British Perspective", Population and Development Review v28, n3 (September 2002): 445-74 (Use only pages 6-12.) (Electronic Reserves)

 

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III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND MOTHERHOOD

 

"Do Working Mothers Deprive Their Children of Attention?"

 

Bianchi, Suzanne M. (2000), "Maternal Employment and Time With Children: Dramatic Change or Surprising Continuity?", Demography v37, n4 (November 2000): 401-414. (Electronic Reserves)

Hallberg, Daniel; Klevmarken, Anders (2003), "Time for Children: A Study of Parent's Time Allocation", in Journal of Population Economics v16, n2 (May 2003): 205-226. (Omit pp. 208-221.) (Paper Reserves)

Joshi, Heather (2002), "Production, Reproduction, and Education: Women, Children, and Work in a British Perspective", Population and Development Review v28, n3 (September 2002): 445-474. (Use only pages 13-18.) (Electronic Reserves)

Sandberg, John F.; Hofferth, Sandra L. (2001), "Changes in Children's Time with Parents: United States, 1981-1997"; Demography v38, n3 (August 2001): 423-436. (Omit pp. 425-426.) (Electronic Reserves)


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"Can We Resolve the Conflict between Employment and Motherhood?"

Averett, Susan L.; Whittington, Leslie A. (2001), "Does Maternity Leave Induce Births?", Southern Economic Journal v68, n2 (October 2001): 403-417. (Omit Section 3.) (Electronic Reserves).

Joshi, Heather (1998), "The Opportunity Costs of Childbearing: More Than Mothers' Business", Journal of Population Economics v11, n2 (May 1998): 161-183. (Paper Reserves)

Ruhm, Christopher J., (2004), "How Well Do Parents With Young Children Combine Work and Family Life?", NBER Working Paper 10247.(Electronic Reserves)

 

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IV. WHAT OPTIONS DO WOMEN HAVE?

 

"Can Today's Women "Have it all"?

 

Goldin, Claudia, (2004), "The Long Road to the Fast Track: Career and Family", NBER Working Paper 10331. (Electronic Reserves).

Ferber, Marianne A.; Green, Carole A. (2003), "Career or Family: What Choices Do College Women Have? ", Journal of Labor Research v24, n1 (Winter 2003): 143-151. (Electronic Reserves).

de la Rica, Sara; Ferrero, M. Dolores (2003), "The Effect of Fertility on Labour Force Participation: The Spanish Evidence", in Spanish Economic Review v5, n2 (June 2003): 153-172. (Omit pp. 162-165.) (Paper Reserves)

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Why Don't More Women Get Married and Stay Married?

 

Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Guner, Nezih; Knowles, John (2002), "Why Do Women Wait? Matching, Wage Inequality, and the Incentives for Fertility Delay", Review of Economic Dynamics v5, n4 (October 2002): 815-855. (Electronic Reserves- at the bottom of the list).

Brown, Christopher; Kesselring, Randall (2003), "Female Headship and the Economic Status of Young Men in the United States, 1977-2001", in Journal of Economic Issues v37, n2 (June 2003): 343-351. (Electronic Reserves).

Duncan, Roderick (2003), "Does Sex and the City Predict the Future of Marriage?", in Challenge v46, n3 (May-June 2003): 73-88.(Electronic Reserves)

Loughran, David S. (2002), "The Effect of Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage", Review of Economics and Statistics v84, n2 (May 2002): 237-250. (Electronic Reserves)

Sen, Bisakha (2002), "Does Married Women's Market Work Affect Marital Stability Adversely? An Intercohort Analysis Using NLS Data", Review of Social Economy v60, n1 (March 2002): 71-92 .(Electronic Reserves)

Gould, Eric D.; Paserman, M. Daniele (2003), "Waiting for Mr. Right: Rising Inequality and Declining Marriage Rates", in Journal of Urban Economics v53, n2 (March 2003): 257-281. (Electronic Reserves - next to last item on the list)

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Links

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Supplements

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Academic Articles

 

Do unexpected improvements in the incomes of wives lead to divorce?

Weiss, Yoram and Robert J. Willis, "Match Quality, New Information, and Marital Dissolution" in the Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 15, No. 1, part 2, 1997, pp. S293-S329.

 

Are women particularly vulnerable to poverty?

Marcoux, Alain, "The Feminization of Poverty: Claims, Facts, and Data Needs", in Population and Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 1998, pp. 131-139.

 

Does urbanization impose greater burdens on women?

Tinker, Irene, "Family Survival in an Urbanizing World", in the Review of Social Economy, Vol. 45, No. 2, Summer 1997, pp. 251-260.

 

Can societies achieve gender equality and still maintain adequate levels of fertility?

Joshi, Heather, "The Opportunity Costs of Childbearing; More than Mother's Business", in the Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 11, 1998, pp. 161-183.

 

Does childbearing reduce women's incomes?

Waldfogel, Jane, "Understanding the 'Family Gap' in Pay for Women with Children" in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 137-156.

 

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Handouts

II. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT

 

"Does Women's Employment Reduce the Birth Rate?"

 

"What is the Economic Cost of Motherhood?"

 

III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND MOTHERHOOD

 

"Do Working Mothers Deprive Their Children of Attention?"

 

"Can We Resolve the Conflict between Employment and Motherhood?"

 

 

 

IV. WHAT OPTIONS DO WOMEN HAVE?

 

"Can Today's Women "Have it all"?

 

"Why Don't More Women Get Married and Stay Married?"

 

 

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PowerPoints

II. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT

 

"Does Women's Employment Reduce the Birth Rate?"

Vander Shanholt

"What is the Economic Cost of Motherhood?"

Shannon Donegan and Alexandra Citrin

 

III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND MOTHERHOOD

 

"Do Working Mothers Deprive Their Children of Attention?"

Tamara Jacobi

"Can We Resolve the Conflict between Employment and Motherhood?"

Evgeny Saidachev

 

IV. WHAT OPTIONS DO WOMEN HAVE?

 

"Can Today's Women "Have it all"?

Mary Frederickson

 

"Why Don't More Women Get Married and Stay Married?"

Charles Bellmare

 

 

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