The Short Run and Long Run Relationship among Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Childcare Availability
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The objective of this study was the short run and long run relationships among fertility and female labor force participation rate and childcare availability. The results showed that there were the short and long run relationships among fertility and female labor force participation rate and childcare availability which measured in terms of number of children to nursery ratio; however, there was no long run relationship between fertility and female labor force participation rate. Moreover, there were short run relationships between childcare availability and fertility in all aged groups of females except female aged 25-34. There were also short run relationship from the female aged 35-49 labor force participation rate to their fertility and the childcare availability. Thus, childcare availability access and development, in terms of accessibility and quality would increase fertility rate.
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