Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 12,035
Cover Image
Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? : joint child custody laws affect not only divorced families but intact families as well
Halla, Martin - 2015
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically since the 1970s. Traditionally, one parent - usually the mother - was assigned sole custody of the child. Today, many divorced parents continue to share parental rights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
Cover Image
Effects of sex preference and social pressure on fertility in changing Japanese families
Yamamura, Eiji - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 46 (2013) C, pp. 97-104
A preference in parents for a son is thought to affect their fertility. However, even if parents do not have a … influence parents’ behavior and fertility. This study explored how social pressure related to the sex of children affects … fertility. Effects of social pressure were compared between the pre- and post-World War II generations in Japan. The dependent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010703118
Cover Image
Missing daughters, missing brides?
d’Albis, Hippolyte; de la Croix, David - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 358-360
at marriage, fertility rate, and sex ratio at birth, we rank countries according to the Missing Brides Index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594171
Cover Image
Long-term effects of labor market conditions on family formation for Japanese youth
Hashimoto, Yuki; Kondo, Ayako - In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 26 (2012) 1, pp. 1-22
fertility rate, the effect of slack labor market conditions on fertility is theoretically unclear. We estimate the effects of … regional labor market conditions at entry to the labor market and contemporaneous conditions on fertility, controlling for … increases fertility among college-educated women. When summed up, the aggregate impact of labor market conditions experienced in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577227
Cover Image
Employment, Family Union and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
Aassve, Arnstein; Burgess, Simon; Dickson, Matt; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
in fertility levels. Changes in union formation and fertility levels, on the other hand, do have a significant impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504302
Cover Image
Why Do Women Wait? Matching, Wage Inequality, and the Incentives for Fertility Delay
Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Guner, Nezih; Knowles, John - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 5 (2002) 4, pp. 815-855
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions of young women. We … fertility. We show how patterns of fertility timing in U.S. data can be explained by the incentives for fertility delay implied … women's wages and fertility timing and the changes over the past 40 years in married women's fertility timing and labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085530
Cover Image
The Career and Family Choices of Women: A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage and Fertility Decisions
Sylvester, Michelle Sheran - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 10 (2007) 3, pp. 367-399
, fertility, and education are choice variables. The dynamics of these choices are captured by various forms of state and duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069629
Cover Image
A theory of child adoption
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2012
Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical …. -- Adoption ; demand for adoption ; fertility ; children ; altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580151
Cover Image
Fortunate Families? : The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility
Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate the effects of large, positive wealth shocks on marriage and fertility in a sample of Swedish lottery …'s attractiveness as prospective and current partners. Wealth also increases male fertility. The only discernible effect on female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247960
Cover Image
Frontier History and Gender Norms in the United States
Bazzi, Samuel; Brodeur, Abel; Fiszbein, Martín; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247997