Assisted reproductive technology and women's choice to pursue professional careers.

Autor/inn/en	Kroeger, Sarah; La Mattina, Giulia
Titel	Assisted reproductive technology and women's choice to pursue professional careers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Reproduktionsmedizin und die Entscheidung von Frauen für eine berufliche Karriere.
Quelle	In: Journal of population economics, 30 (2017) 3, S. 723-769 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0176-1714; 0933-1433; 1432-1475
DOI	10.1007/s00148-016-0630-z
Schlagwörter	Familienplanung; Frau; Fruchtbarkeit; Krankenversicherung; Reproduktionsmedizin; Schwangerschaft; Gesetzgebung; Reformpolitik; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Karriereplanung; Ausbildungswahl; Berufswahl; Regionaler Vergleich; USA
Abstract	"We examine the impact of assisted reproductive technology on women's choice to pursue professional careers. We hypothesize that the availability of assisted reproductive technology increases the expected benefits of a professional degree by allowing women to delay childbearing in their 20s and 30s while establishing their careers, thereby reaping greater financial benefit from human capital investment. State-level timing differences in the enactment of laws which mandated infertility treatment coverage in employer-sponsored health plans allow us to exploit state, year, and cohort variation in women's ages at the time the laws are passed. These insurance mandates dramatically increase access to assisted reproductive technology. Using a triple difference strategy, we find that a mandate to cover assisted reproductive technology does increase the probability that a woman chooses to invest in a professional degree and to work in a professional career." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/4