Fatherhood and Labour Market Outcome

Student: Mazhit Akzhan

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The focus of the research is analyzing the effects of fatherhood for married and unmarried men on wages as a proxy of effort and man’s motivational intentions. By using RLMS (Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE) database for 2000-2018-year period among the men aged 30-40 was constructed the DID empirical model comparing the effect of fatherhood on wage rates not only between fathers and non-fathers but also between those, who expecting their first child and those who experienced the primary birth, as well as the difference between the fathers who already had children in previous period and expecting the next; and first-time fathers. This study provides strong and robust evidence that in the context of Russian labour market the transition to fatherhood is associated with an increase in employment for married fathers but is not associated with significant changes in employment for unmarried fathers.

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