Study on the Influence of Employment Quality on Fertility Intention of Women of Childbearing Age

The fertility intention in a certain period has a direct impact on the current population dynamics. Currently, enhancing fertility intention is crucial for reversing the trend of population decline and addressing fertility challenges. This paper constructs an employment quality index system using data from the 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and measures employment quality based on the entropy method to examine its influence on the fertility intention of women of childbearing age.The study finds that the effect of employment quality on the fertility intention of women of childbearing age follows a "U" -shaped curve, first decreasing and then increasing, with a threshold value of 0.632. Re-measuring employment quality using the u-test test, equal-weight average method, reducing the sample size of fertility intention, and conducting endogeneity tests confirm these results. Heterogeneity analysis shows that employment quality significantly affects the fertility intention of urban women, women under 35, and those with high school education or below,maintaining a "U" -shaped curve relationship. Based on these conclusions, this paper provides theoretical insights into improving employment quality and implementing differentiated publicity and incentives for different educational groups, thereby increasing the fertility intention of women of childbearing age.