Abstract
This paper uses Canadian data to study the relationship between sterilisation and the work careers of women. The study is motivated by the observation
that childbearing and child rearing are the main reasons for the intermittency of womens ’work. Sterilisation may be correlated with a change in the labour
market behaviour of women because it ends childbearing.There are three main findings. First, among women with children, sterilised women are more likely
to work than non-sterilised women. Second,being sterilised is found to have a positive and significant effect on the earnings of women who had stopped
working in the past but has an insignifican effect on the earnings of continuously employed women.Third,sterilised women and non-sterilised women do
not differ in the probability that they had previously stopped working.However,among sterilised women who are currently working, most had experienced
career interruptions that were initiated and completed before they became sterilised.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | s.n. |
Number of pages | 24 |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Loopbaanplanning
- Sterilisatie
- Werkende vrouwen
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