Female Labor Supply and Fertility in Iran: A Comparison Between Developed, Semi Developed and Less Developed Regions

Type Journal Article - Iranian Journal of Public Health
Title Female Labor Supply and Fertility in Iran: A Comparison Between Developed, Semi Developed and Less Developed Regions
Author(s)
Volume 45
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2016
Page numbers 186-193
URL http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/viewFile/6103/4602
Abstract
Background: Female labor supply has been changed dramatically in the recent yr. In this study, we examined the effects
of development on the relationship between fertility and female labor supply.
Methods: We used data of population and housing census of Iran and estimated three separate models. To do this we
employed Logistic Regressions (BLR).
Results: The estimation results of our study showed that there was a negative relationship between fertility rate and
female labor supply and there are some differences for this relationship in three models.
Conclusion: When fertility rate increases, FLS would decreases. In addition, for higher fertility rates, the woman
might be forced to work more because of the economic conditions of her family; and negative coefficients of the fertility
rate effects on FLS would increase with a diminishing rate.

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