The Influence of Educational Field, Occupation, and Occupational Sex Segregation on Fertility in the Netherlands

Women have made considerable gains in educational attainment and increased their labour market participation, which has in turn impacted childbearing behaviour. The current study contributes to the growing literature on the impact of educational fields and occupation on fertility. We examine how women’s field of study, occupation, and occupational sex segregation shape the transition to first and higher order births. Using data from a repeated cross-sectional survey of the Dutch population (born 1940–1985), we estimate a series of discrete-time complementary log–log models with frailty. We fin... Mehr ...