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2.8 KiB
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46 lines
2.8 KiB
YAML
cite: Shin2006
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author: Shin, J., & Moon, S.
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year: 2006
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title: "Fertility, relative wages, and labor market decisions: A case of female teachers"
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publisher: Economics of Education Review
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uri: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.06.004
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pubtype: article
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discipline: economics
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country: United States
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period: 1968-1988
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targeting: implicit
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group: female teachers
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data: National Longitudinal Survey of the Young Women
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design: quasi-experimental
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method: fixed effects panel regressions; panel probit estimation
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sample: 2712
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unit: individual
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representativeness: national
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causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
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theory:
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limitations: looks at strictly female sample, can not account for changes relative to men
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observation:
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- intervention: education; regulation (relative wage-setting)
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institutional: 1
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structural: 1
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agency: 0
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inequality: gender
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type: 1 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
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indicator: 1 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
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measures: employment (FLFP rate)
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findings: higher relative wages significantly increase FLFP for female teachers; presence of new-born baby significantly decreases FLFP, significantly more than non-teachers; does not have effect on teacher/non-teacher selection
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channels: most relevant determinant for FLFP as teacher is college major in education; education level significant determinant; higher baby-exit effect may be due to relatively temporary lower wage loss for teachers
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direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
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significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
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notes:
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annotation: |
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A study on the effects of providing relatively higher wages for teachers, as well as fertility differences, on labour market participation of young female teachers.
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It finds that providing relatively higher wages for teaching professions as compared to non-teaching professions significantly increases female labour force participation for teachers, though the strongest determinant for it is possessing a college major in education, with overall education level being another determinant.
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The study also looks at the effects of the presence of a new-born baby and finds that it significantly decreases female labour force participation and is almost twice as large for women in the teaching profession as compared to non-teaching jobs, though it does not have an effect on the choice of job between teaching or non-teaching.
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The authors suggest this relatively higher exit from the labour market for women with new-born babies in teaching professions may once again be due to low wages: teachers leaving the labour market experience relatively lower temporary wage losses than in other professions, decreasing the exit-cost.
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A limitation of the study is its restricted focus on strictly female underlying panel data which does not allow for comparisons between genders within or across professions.
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