Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: evidence from fertility timing decisions
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Chabe-Ferret, B. 2019. Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: evidence from fertility timing decisions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 162, pp. 24-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.04.003
Type | Article |
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Title | Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: evidence from fertility timing decisions |
Authors | Chabe-Ferret, B. |
Abstract | I analyze the interplay between culture and economic incentives in decision-making. To this end, I study fertility timing decisions of second generation migrant women to France and the US. While I confirm that originating from a high fertility country correlates to having larger families, I also find that it does not predict earlier entry into motherhood. I propose a model that rationalizes these findings in which decisions are the result of a trade-off between an economic cost-benefit analysis and a cultural norm. The model predicts that decisions with a higher cost of deviation from the economic optimum should be less prone to cultural influence. This is consistent with substantial evidence showing that the timing of the first birth bears much larger costs for mothers in terms of labor market outcomes than that of subsequent births. |
Keywords | Cultural norms; fertility; birth timing |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
ISSN | 0167-2681 |
Electronic | 1879-1751 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Apr 2019 |
01 Jun 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 Sep 2020 |
Submitted | 14 Jun 2018 |
Accepted | 03 Apr 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.04.003 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000472700800002 |
Related Output | |
Is new version of | Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: Evidence from fertility timing decisions |
Language | English |
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