Female labor supply and fertility in Iran: A comparison between developed,semi developed and less developed regions

Background: female labor supply has been changed dramatically in the recent yr. in this study,we examined the effects of development on the relationship between fertility and female labor supply. methods: we used data of population and housing census of iran and estimated three separate models. to do this we employed logistic regressions (blr). results: the estimation results of our study showed that there was a negative relationship between fertility rate and female labor supply and there are some differences for this relationship in three models. conclusion: when fertility rate increases,fls would decreases. in addition,for higher fertility rates,the woman might be forced to work more because of the economic conditions of her family; and negative coefficients of the fertility rate effects on fls would increase with a diminishing rate. © 2016. iranian journal of public health. all right reserved.