Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
No 2017:6: Having It All? Employment, Earnings and Children
Tobias Laun () and Johanna Wallenius ()
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Tobias Laun: Department of Economics, Postal: Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Johanna Wallenius: Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Abstract: Sweden boasts high fertility and high female employment. However, part-time employment is very prevalent. There is a notable gender gap in both wages and earnings, which widens substantially after women have children. In this paper we study the effect of family policies on female employment, fertility and the gender wage gap. To this end, we develop a structural, life cycle model of heterogeneous households which features endogenous labor supply, human capital accumulation, fertility and home production. We find that family policies, such as subsidized daycare and part-time work options, promote maternal employment and fertility. Part-time work contributes greatly to the widening of the gender wage gap following the arrival of children. However, restricting part-time work options would lower maternal employment, and thereby also widen the gender wage gap.
Keywords: Life cycle; Labor supply; Human capital; Fertility; Home production
32 pages, April 23, 2017
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