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German panel data, we test whether the availability of broadband Internet influences fertility choices in a low-fertility …. (2014) to obtain causal estimates of the impact of broadband on fertility. We find positive effects of highspeed Internet …The spread of high-speed Internet epitomizes the digital revolution, affecting several aspects of our life. Using …
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countries. The role of family policies in explaining these inequalities is then examined by looking at a single policy as well …
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Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on … more family-friendly workplaces. These changes over time allow us to identify causal effects of childcare support using a … if mothers are career-orientated. In comparison, flexible work schedules, another family-friendly policy, only affect job …
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Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on … more family-friendly workplaces. These changes over time allow us to identify causal effects of childcare support using a … if mothers are career-orientated. In comparison, flexible work schedules, another family-friendly policy, only affect job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581999
Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on … more family-friendly workplaces. These changes over time allow us to identify causal effects of childcare support using a … if mothers are career-orientated. In comparison, flexible work schedules, another family-friendly policy, only affect job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965934
burden with respect to gainful employment and providing care. We propose a family working time model that incentivizes … fathers and – contrary to most conventional family policies – actively promotes the dual earner/dual carer paradigm. Combining … microsimulation and labor supply estimation, we empirically analyze the potential of the family working time model in the German …
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This paper estimates the impact of fertility on mothers' labour supply in Australia, using exogenous variation in … family size generated by twin births and the gender mix of siblings. Results show that having more than one child decreases …
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This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …
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contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our … availability under age 3, and preferences for within-family care lead to long absences from the labor market. In all countries …, irrespective of cultural norms and policies, we find high positive family gaps among men, which drive men's average wages up, and …
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German panel data, we test whether the availability of broadband Internet influences fertility choices in a low-fertility …. (2014) to obtain causal estimates of the impact of broadband on fertility. We find positive effects of highspeed Internet …The spread of high-speed Internet epitomizes the digital revolution, affecting several aspects of our life. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011719308