Cohort Size and Female Labour Supply

Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts: (a) increasing wages, (b) increasing fertility and (c) decreasing female labour supply. This paper reviews the literature on the substitutability of female for male labour, on relative income changes as a result of changes in...

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Published in:European journal of population 1992-01, Vol.8 (1), p.1-21
Main Author: Gustafsson, Siv
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohort Analysis
Cohort Studies
Cohorts
Developed Countries
Economics
Employment
Europe
Family Characteristics
Female labour
Females
Fertility rates
Health Workforce
Human capital
Income
Income Inequality
Income taxes
Labor economics
Labor Force Participation
Labor markets
Labor Supply
Labour supply
Men
Methods
Models, Theoretical
Population
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Socioeconomic Factors
Sweden
Wages
Workforce
Working Women
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Summary:Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts: (a) increasing wages, (b) increasing fertility and (c) decreasing female labour supply. This paper reviews the literature on the substitutability of female for male labour, on relative income changes as a result of changes in cohort size and on husband's income as a determinant of female labour supply. It is concluded that own wage is a more important determinant of female labour supply than husband's income, and that policies that increase females net wages are therefore a stimulus to female labour supply. The example of Sweden shows that pronatalist policies can be combined with policies that stimulate female labour supply. /// L'hypothèse d'Easterlin relative au revenu prévoit que, pour des cohortes moins nombreuses on observe: (a) des salaires croissants, (b) une fécondité croissante et (c) une décroissance de l'offre de main-d'oeuvre féminine. Cet article examine la littérature sur la possibilité de substitution de l'activité féminine par une activité masculine, sur les changements relatifs des revenus résultant de changements dans la taille des cohortes et sur le revenu du mari comme déterminant de l'activité féminine. On en conclut que le salaire en lui-même est un déterminant plus important de l'offre de main-d'oeuvre féminine que le revenu du mari. Egalement les politiques qui amèneraient un accroissement des salaires nets féminins seraient un stimulant de l'offre de main-d'oeuvre féminine. L'exemple de la Suède montre que des politiques natalistes peuvent être combinées avec des politiques qui stimulent l'offre de main-d'oeuvre féminine.
ISSN:0168-6577
1572-9885
DOI:10.1007/BF01797119