2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical Analysis of labor market conditions in youth and affected cohorts' fertility and marriage rates
| Project/Area Number |
21830056
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
KONDO Ayako Osaka University, 社会経済研究所, 講師 (20551055)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 労働経済学 / 人口経済学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to examine how each cohort's family formation is affected by labor market conditions experienced in youth in Japan. We estimate the effects of regional unemployment rates in the year of entry to the labor market and the year prior to the time of observation on fertility and marriage and find the following. High school-educated women who experienced a recession while entering the labor market are less likely to have children and tend to marry later. In contrast, a recession rather increases fertility among college-educated women. The overall impact of labor market conditions experienced in youth on family formation is relatively weak.
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