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Flexible markets, stable societies?
Streeck, Wolfgang - 2008
The dissolution of the standard employment relationship since the 1970s has been paralleled by a destabilization of family relations. The paper, which is a slightly revised version of a plenary lecture at the 2008 Meeting of the German Sociological Association, discusses possible connections...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008797404
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'Preface to' The Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond : Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions
Yen, Ching-Hwang - 2009
The Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians … Asia has cast a spotlight on the role of Southeast Asian Chinese in the region’s economic relations with China. The … Southeast Asian Chinese as an economic force and their growing importance with China are, to a certain extent, determined by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204214
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Peer effects in parental leave decisions
Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016
This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as indirect effects of the behavior of a social reference group on individual outcomes, bears various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525908
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Peer effects in parental leave decisions
Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016
This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as indirect effects of the behavior of a social reference group on individual outcomes, bears various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528159
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Fertility, human capital accumulation, and the pension system
Cremer, Helmuth; Gahvari, Firouz; Pestieau, Pierre - 2009
This paper provides a unified treatment of externalities associated with fertility and human capital accumulation as they relate to pension systems. It considers as overlapping generations model in which every generation consists of high earners and low earners with the proportion of types being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872226
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Fertility, human capital accumulation, and the pension system
Cremer, Helmuth; Gahvari, Firouz; Pestieau, Pierre - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907495
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Fostering the emancipation of young people : evidence from a Spanish rental subsidy
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2012
In Southern Europe youngsters leave the parental home significantly later than in Northern Europe and United States. In this paper, we study the effect of a monthly cash subsidy on young adults' emancipation, family formation, and fertility. The subsidy, introduced in Spain in 2008, is...
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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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Family dissolution and public policies in Germany : social provisions and institutional changes since the 1980s
Wörz, Markus - 2011
Germany has long been faced with low birth rates and a pronounced aging of society. Recently divorces and single parenthood have been on the rise. Family policies and regulations dealing with family break-up are thus confronted with new and greater challenges. After describing important changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517877