Modern agricultural farms offer huge potential in creating employment opportunities, which, in turn, are expected to reduce fertility. The Ethiopian government has recently leased out millions of hectares of farmland to investors under highly concessionary terms. However, little is known regarding women's farm employment effect on their fertility. Using survey data, this paper analyzed this link in the context of Saudi Star and Merti Agricultural Development farms. Results showed lower odds of fertility intention among employed women compared to non-employed women where employment is measured more broadly. This result at a glance appears to be consistent with conventional theory which considers children as resulting from parental choice relative to other essential household goods constrained by resource shortages in the household's utility maximization framework. Where employment is measured rather narrowly (standard way) as in most socioeconomic research, however, the odds of fertility intention is higher. The two results were expected to be reversed since fertility was expected to be lower where employment is measured more narrowly than broadly where a range of employments are included. Additionally, effects associated with the recent establishment of Saudi Star farm compared to the more matured farms in Merti are likely to reduce fertility intention.

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没有一种尺寸适合所有人。埃塞俄比亚妇女商业农场的就业和生育：沙特之星和 MERTI 农业发展农场的研究☆

现代农业农场在创造就业机会方面提供了巨大的潜力，而这反过来又会降低生育率。埃塞俄比亚政府最近以高度优惠的条件向投资者出租了数百万公顷的农田。然而，关于妇女的农业就业对其生育能力的影响知之甚少。本文利用调查数据，在沙特之星和默蒂农业发展农场的背景下分析了这一联系。结果显示，与更广泛衡量就业的非就业女性相比，就业女性的生育意愿几率较低。乍看之下，这一结果似乎与传统理论一致，传统理论认为孩子是父母选择相对于其他受家庭资源短缺限制的基本家庭用品而产生的。效用最大化框架。然而，在大多数社会经济研究中，就业的衡量方式相当狭窄（标准方式），生育意愿的可能性更高。预计这两个结果将颠倒过来，因为在对就业进行更狭隘的衡量时，生育率预计会低于在包括一系列就业的情况下进行广泛衡量的生育率。此外，与 Merti 更成熟的农场相比，最近建立的沙特之星农场的相关影响可能会降低生育意愿。预计这两个结果将颠倒过来，因为在对就业进行更狭隘的衡量时，生育率预计会低于在包括一系列就业的情况下进行广泛衡量的生育率。此外，与 Merti 更成熟的农场相比，最近建立的沙特之星农场的相关影响可能会降低生育意愿。预计这两个结果将颠倒过来，因为在对就业进行更狭隘的衡量时，生育率预计会低于在包括一系列就业的情况下进行广泛衡量的生育率。此外，与 Merti 更成熟的农场相比，最近建立的沙特之星农场的相关影响可能会降低生育意愿。