Essays about: "Alexandra Bussler"

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  1. 1. Female Labour Supply and Fertility in Spain. A Regional Analysis of Interdependencies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Bussler; [2016]
    Keywords : Female labour force participation; fertility; demography; gender equality; Spain; motherhood; lowest-low fertility; incompatibility of work and motherhood; regional analysis; twostep discrete choice models; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In light of the pronounced regression in total fertility rates in Spain over the last 40 years and the permanence well below replacement fertility levels up until the present day, this thesis aims to add evidence to the on-going debate about the determinants of reproductive behaviour in this specific country. Given the presence of a significant heterogeneity in the pace of changes in and levels of fertility across the 19 autonomous regions, which can be related to differences in the value systems around the role of women in society, it seems of utmost importance to engage in an analysis that includes regional realities when trying to explain fertility behaviour. READ MORE