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race/ethnicity and gender into account. We contrast policy scenarios and show the potential impact that closing the gaps in … equalization of participation rates for individuals with similar characteristics. Closing gender gaps within ethno-racial groups …
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employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control …
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Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an effective breast milk substitute. In addition, improved...
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together these three produce the "parental gender gap," defined as the difference in income between mothers and fathers. We … fathers manage to expand their relative gains, particularly among college graduates. The parental gender gap in earnings …
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This paper provides a new perspective on intergenerational mobility in the United States in the late 19th and early 20 …
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This paper provides a new perspective on intergenerational mobility in the United States in the late 19th and early 20 …
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When assessing the effects of policy reforms on the labor market, most studies only focus on labor supply. The interaction of supply and demand is not explicitly modeled, which might lead to biased estimates of potential labor market outcomes. This paper proposes a straightforward method to...
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Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is … and predict the effects of output shocks at a disaggregated level. The predicted employment effects are then transposed to … household-level micro data, in order to analyze the incidence of rising unemployment and reduced working hours on poverty and …
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