Title of article :
Female Labor Supply and Fertility in Iran: A Comparison Between Developed, Semi Developed and Less Developed Regions
Author/Authors :
EMAMGHOLIPOUR SEFIDDASHTI, Sara Dept. of Health Economics and Management - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , HOMAIE RAD, Enayatollah Dept. of Health Economics and Management - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , ARAB, Mohamad Dept. of Health Economics and Management - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , BORDBAR, Shima Dept. of Health Management - School of Health Management and Informatics - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz
Abstract :
Background: Female labor supply has been changed dramatically in the recent yr. In this study, we examined the ef-fects of development on the relationship between fertility and female labor supply.
Methods: We used data of population and housing census of Iran and estimated three separate models. To do this we employed Logistic Regressions (BLR).
Results: The estimation results of our study showed that there was a negative relationship between fertility rate and female labor supply and there are some differences for this relationship in three models.
Conclusion: When fertility rate increases, FLS would decreases. In addition, for higher fertility rates, the woman might be forced to work more because of the economic conditions of her family; and negative coefficients of the fer-tility rate effects on FLS would increase with a diminishing rate.
Keywords :
Female labor supply , Fertility , Iran
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
