本文採用2001–2018年的華人家庭動態資料庫的資料，並根據樣本的就業狀態將持續有工作者作為對照組以探討失業對家庭生育決策的影響。為了研究非自願離職影響生育的其他可能因素，本文亦探討非自願離職對薪資所得的影響。實證結果顯示，非自願離職對男性的生育決策造成顯著的負面影響，其效果隨時間而逐漸擴大–在失業六年後，非自願離職男性會少0.441位子女，而生育率則少25.2個百分點；對女性而言，非自願離職對其生育決策則無顯著影響。

This thesis analyzes the effects of unemployment on family fertility decisions using the Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) from 2001 to 2018. I use continuous workers as a control group based on the sample's employment status. In order to examine other potential factors affecting fertility, this paper also estimates the effect of involuntary unemployment on annual earnings. The empirical results show that involuntary unemployment harms male fertility decisions, increasing over time. After six years of unemployment, the treatment group of males has 0.441 fewer children and 25.2 percentage points less the probability of giving birth. For women, however, there is no significant effect of involuntary unemployment on their fertility decisions.

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