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Table 3 The impact of childbirth on women's wage

From: From fatherhood premium to motherhood penalty: trends in the fertility effects on men's and women's wage in China (1989–2015)

 

Annual wage

Hourly wage

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

Model 8

Number of children

− 0.170***

 

− 0.174***

 

(0.051)

 

(0.052)

 

Number of children (none = 0)

 One

 

− 0.036

 

− 0.038

 

(0.076)

 

(0.078)

 Two

 

− 0.258*

 

− 0.269*

 

(0.105)

 

(0.109)

 Three and more

 

− 0.875***

 

− 0.860***

 

(0.233)

 

(0.240)

Control variables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Intercept

4.771***

4.779***

1.642

1.652

 

(0.996)

(0.996)

(1.027)

(1.026)

R-squared

0.389

0.390

0.447

0.448

Number of respondents

1978

1978

1978

1978

Person-years

6039

6039

6039

6039

  1. All control variables are included in models; for space limitation control variables’ coefficients are not reported
  2. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001