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Title: Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply

Author(s): Siv Gustafsson

Publication Date: March 1990

Keyword(s): Demographic Economics, Fertility, Labour Force, Labour Supply and Wages

Programme Area(s): Human Resources

Abstract: Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and decreasing female labor supply. This paper reviews the literature on the substitutability of female for male labor, on relative income changes as a result of changes in cohort size and on husband's income as a determinant of female labor supply. It is concluded that own wage is a more important determinant of female labor supply than husband's income. Policies that increase female net wages therefore stimulate female labor supply. The example of Sweden shows that pronatalist policies can be combined with policies that stimulate female labor supply.

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Gustafsson, S. 1990. 'Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=384