Topic 11: Fertility and Labor Economics

Some Motivating Questions:

1.  In what way is the study of human fertility relevant to labor economics?  Is it a demand-side issue, a supply-side issue, or both?

2.  Could a female worker's pregnancy impact the labor supply of her husband or other men?  How?

3.  What issues have economic researchers recently focussed on in the context of fertility as part of labor economics?  What have they found?