Article(electronic)April 1997

Female Labor Supply: Adoption and the Labor Force Participation Decision

In: The American journal of economics and sociology, Volume 56, Issue 2, p. 243-255

Waddoups, C. Jeffrey

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Abstract

Abstract It is well established that the existence of children in the household reduces female labor force participation. This study seeks to determine if different methods of acquiring children (adoption versus procreation) affect participation decisions. Empirical results indicate that, other things being equal, women with one or more adopted children residing in their household are less likely to participate in the labor force than their nonadoptive counterparts.

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English

Publisher

Wiley

ISSN: 1536-7150

DOI

10.1111/j.1536-7150.1997.tb03464.x

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