TY - JOUR
T1 - Sibling-sex composition, childbearing and female labour market outcomes in Indonesia
AU - Nguyen, Giang
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper examines the effect of fertility on women�s labor market outcomes in Indonesia using data from the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey. Parental preferences for a mixed sibling-sex composition are used to construct an instrumental variable to identify the causal effect of fertility on a range of outcome variables, including labor force participation, full time employment, employment in the formal sector and occupational choices. Our findings confirm that Indonesian parents have a preference for gender mix in their offspring, suggesting that families with the first two children of the same sex are more likely to have a third child. The IV estimates show that having a third child because of the first two children being same sex reduces women�s labor force participation, formal employment and employment in agriculture, manufacturing, management and administration jobs. The effects are stronger for women aged 21�35�years, but largely insignificant for women aged 36�49�years.
AB - This paper examines the effect of fertility on women�s labor market outcomes in Indonesia using data from the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey. Parental preferences for a mixed sibling-sex composition are used to construct an instrumental variable to identify the causal effect of fertility on a range of outcome variables, including labor force participation, full time employment, employment in the formal sector and occupational choices. Our findings confirm that Indonesian parents have a preference for gender mix in their offspring, suggesting that families with the first two children of the same sex are more likely to have a third child. The IV estimates show that having a third child because of the first two children being same sex reduces women�s labor force participation, formal employment and employment in agriculture, manufacturing, management and administration jobs. The effects are stronger for women aged 21�35�years, but largely insignificant for women aged 36�49�years.
U2 - 10.1007/s12546-018-9210-2
DO - 10.1007/s12546-018-9210-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1443-2447
VL - 36
SP - 13
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Population Research
JF - Journal of Population Research
IS - 1
ER -