Labor Market Effects on Female Labor Force Participation

摘要

Children constrain their mother's labor market activity; historically, married mothers of young children have been less likely than virtually any other women to supply labor to the market. In the research reported here the hypothesis is tested that characteristics of the local labor market condition the constraint of young children on their mother's market activity. It is shown that the effect on wive's labor force participation of the number and ages of their children varies substantially across local areas, as does the availability of child care and its cost.