Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Umeå Economic Studies,
Umeå University, Department of Economics

No 682: MoreWork, Less Kids - The Relationship Between Market Experience and Number of Children

Thomas Westerberg ()
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Thomas Westerberg: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze if economic and social conditions

have any impact on the number of children born by women in

Sweden. The results support (not surprisingly) a negative correlation between

women’s working experience and number of children. The results

do also support the assumption that women with higher education have

fewer children than women with lower. However, this holds only when

non-completed fertility is analyzed. It is not valid for the group of women

with completed fertility.

Keywords: Completed fertility; Non-completed fertility; Economics; Count data; Sweden

JEL-codes: D19; J13

16 pages, May 24, 2006

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