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SUBMITTER: Ciliberto F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5010872 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ciliberto Federico F Miller Amalia R AR Nielsen Helena Skyt HS Simonsen Marianne M
International economic review 20160809 3
We study workplace peer effects in fertility decisions using a game theory model of strategic interactions among coworkers that allows for multiple equilibria. Using register-based data on fertile-aged women working in medium sized establishments in Denmark, we uncover negative average peer effects. Allowing for heterogeneous effects by worker type, we find that positive effects dominate across worker types defined by age or education. Negative effects dominate within age groups and among low-ed ...[more]