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family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the … employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and … exploit a natural experiment, i.e. the reform of parental leave benefits. By exploiting and combining the advantages of the …
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family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the … employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and … exploit a natural experiment, i.e. the reform of parental leave benefits. By exploiting and combining the advantages of the …
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In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...
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effect of the policy on the labor supply behavior of Quebec mothers with pre-school children, aged from 0 to 5 years old. The … hours at work, annual earned income and whether the job was full-time for mothers who declared having a job during the … significant impact on the labor supply of Quebec's mothers with pre-school children. The estimates also suggest, though less …
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-oriented choices of households. -- Time discounting ; gender ; children ; experiment ; India …
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We develop a model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty system with two dominant parties, in an environment of uncertainty about the outcome of the election. Using quasi-lexicographic preferences over the number of seats necessary for a party to forma single-party government...
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We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the impact on electoral outcomes of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population. By exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of...
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