TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Picchio, Matteo
AU  - Pigini, Claudia
AU  - Staffolani, Stefano
AU  - Verashchagina, Alina
        TI  - If Not Now, When? The Timing of Childbirth and Labour Market Outcomes
        PY  - 2018/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11270
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11270
        AB  - We study the effect of childbirth and its timing on female labour market outcomes in Italy. The impact on yearly labour earnings and participation is traced up to 21 years since school completion by estimating a factor analytic model with dynamic selection into treatments. We find that childbearing, especially the first delivery, negatively affects female labour supply. Women having their first child soon after school completion are able to catch up with childless women only after 12–15 years. The timing matters, with minimal negative consequences observed if the first child is delayed up to 7–9 years after exiting formal education.
        KW  - dynamic treatment effect
KW  - discrete choice models
KW  - fertility
KW  - female labour supply
KW  - factor analytic model
        ER  -