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The Dynamics of Women’s Labor Force Participation and Fertility: A Simultaneous ARX-Model

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Economic Consequences of Population Change in Industrialized Countries

Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary Economics ((CONTEMPORARY,volume 8))

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As Westhoff (1983) has stated, “it seems ironic, if not perverse, that as problems of rapid population growth in the developing countries of the world have captured the concern of many governments and international agencies, a small but increasing number of voices are raising concern in some advanced countries about the opposite problem — the problem of low fertility and impending population decline.” It is a widely accepted hypothesis that the decline in fertility is somehow related to the increased labor force participation of married women in advanced countries.

The research reported here is part of the research program in Labor Studies of the Sonderforschungsbereich 5, University of Mannheim, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. I wish to thank Heinz König for helpful comments on an earlier draft, but remaining errors are my own.

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Zimmermann, K.F. (1984). The Dynamics of Women’s Labor Force Participation and Fertility: A Simultaneous ARX-Model. In: Steinmann, G. (eds) Economic Consequences of Population Change in Industrialized Countries. Studies in Contemporary Economics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86478-0_22

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