@article{VandenBroeck:182715,
      recid = {182715},
      author = {Van den Broeck, Goedele and Maertens, Miet},
      title = {Does female employment reduce fertility rates? Evidence  from the Senegalese horticultural export sector},
      address = {2014-08},
      number = {727-2016-50359},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {The recent horticultural export boom in Senegal has  created new off-farm wage employment opportunities for the  rural population, especially for women. We hypothesise that  female wage employment may lower fertility rates through an  income effect, an empowerment effect and a substitution  effect, and address this question empirically using  household survey data and two different regression  techniques (a Difference-in-Differences estimator and an  Instrumental Variable approach). We find that besides  education, female employment has a significant negative  effect on fertility rates. Reducing fertility rates is  considered as a prerequisite for reaching the MDGs, and our  finding implies that the horticultural export boom and  associated employment may indirectly contribute to this.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/182715},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.182715},
}