Sequential Potential Outcome Models to Analyze the Effects of Fertility on Labor Market Outcomes
Series
The Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis
ISBN
978-1-4020-9966-3
Type
book section
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Engelhardt, Henriette
Kohler, Hans-Peter
Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia
Abstract
This paper proposes to use dynamic treatment models to analyze the effects of fertility on labor market interactions. It argues that when large data sets are available the dynamic potential outcome model is an interesting modeling framework because it allows the careful consideration of the selection issues coming from the interaction of fertility and labor market decisions at different ages. It allows explicitly considering their dependence on the labor market and fertility history realized up to that period. There is no need to collapse the ‘endogeneity' problem into a static setting since the dynamic nature and timing of the interaction can be explicitly addressed. Furthermore, the paper argues that this approach allows defining relevant parameters of interest in a more precise way. Based on artificial data, the approach is implemented and issues that may come up in practical applications of this approach are discussed. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-1-4020-9967-0'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>_3)
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Causal analysis in population studies : concepts, methods, applications
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
New York
Number
23
Start page
31
End page
57
Pages
27
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
55431
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