The power of time: The impact of free IVF on Women's human capital investments

被引：10
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作者：
Gershoni, Naomi [1 ]
Low, Corinne [2 ]
机构：
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Econ, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
[2] Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
来源：
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2021年 / 133卷
关键词：
Gender gap; Human capital; Fecundity; Career choice; Assisted reproductive technology; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; INFERTILITY INSURANCE MANDATES; GENDER-GAP; AGE; MARRIAGE; CAREER; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; WAGES; PARENTHOOD;
D O I：
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103645
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Women's time-limited fertility window, compared to men's longer period of fecundity, could be a key constraint in shaping the gender gap in career choices and hence outcomes. Israel's 1994 policy change that made in-vitro fertilization free provides a natural experiment for examining how fertility time horizons impact women's investment choices. We find that following the policy change women complete more college and graduate education. We then present evidence suggesting that these larger investments contributed to better labor market outcomes, reducing the gender gap in career achievement. This further implies that persistent labor market inequality may be partly rooted in biological asymmetries. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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