Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274629 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 117v2 [Year:] 2023
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The rise in the average age of women bearing their first child is a well-established demographic trend in recent decades. Postponed childbearing can have important consequences for the mothers and, at a macro level, for the country in which they live. Research has primarily focused on the effect postponing fertility has on mothers' labor market outcomes and on the total number of children a woman has in her lifetime. Most research finds that postponing the first birth raises a mother's labor force participation and wages but may have negative effects on overall fertility, especially in the absence of supportive family-friendly policies.
Subjects: 
fertility postponement
labor market outcomes
completed fertility
family-friendly policies
JEL: 
J1
J2
J3
J13
J22
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Document Type: 
Article

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