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Substitution between individual and source country characteristics : social capital, culture, and US labor market outcomes among immigrant women
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2015 - Revised June 2014
female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509636
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198461
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199826
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Substitution between individual and cultural capital : pre-migration labor supply, culture and US labor market outcomes among immigrant woman
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2011
affecting their labor supply and wages in the United States. We find, as expected, that women who migrate from countries with … and wages suggest that cultural capital and individual job-related human capital act as substitutes in affecting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311482
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Female labor supply : why is the US falling behind?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2013
In 1990, the US had the sixth highest female labor participation rate among 22 OECD countries. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 17th. We find that the expansion of "family-friendly" policies including parental leave and part-time work entitlements in other OECD countries explains 28-29% of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696028
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Changes in the labor supply behavior of married women: 1980 - 2000
Blau, Francine D. (contributor);  … - 2006
observed in the 1980s, with an additional factor being that husbands' real wages fell slightly in the 1980s but rose in the … elasticity. And, continuing past trends, women's labor supply also became less responsive to their husbands' wages. Between 1980 … wages and work hours; and omitted variables that affect both wage offers and the propensity to work; as well as when age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003339775
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Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks : Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work Among US Immigrants
Blau, Francine D. - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837672
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Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks : Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work among US Immigrants
Blau, Francine D. - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837918
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Substitution Between Individual and Source Country Characteristics : Social Capital, Culture, and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Women
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023199
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Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks : Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work among US Immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014099681