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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women : as immigration lowers childcare and housework costs, nativie-born women alter their work and fertility decisions
Furtado, Delia - 2015
particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430557
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House prices and birth rates: The impact of the real estate market on the decision to have a baby
Dettling, Lisa J.; Kearney, Melissa S. - In: Journal of Public Economics 110 (2014) C, pp. 82-100
fertility decisions. Recognizing that housing is a major cost associated with child rearing, and assuming that children are … normal goods, we hypothesize that an increase in house prices will have a negative price effect on current period fertility …% increase in fertility rates among owners and a 2.4% decrease among non-owners. At the mean U.S. home ownership rate, these …
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Froebel's gifts : how the kindergarten movement changed the American family
Ager, Philipp; Cinnirella, Francesco - 2020
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Setting the scene: The mix of family policy objectives and packages across the OECD
Adema, Willem - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 3, pp. 487-498
Although changing in shape and form, families remain the cornerstone of society. Across the OECD Public policy supports families, but across countries the balance of underlying policy objectives can be different. For example, in some countries, family policy is largely driven by concerns about...
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … find that the policies exacerbated the motherhood penalty in labor market outcomes and that they affected fertility choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437042
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Family Policy in Hungary: How to Improve the Reconciliation between Work and Family?
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
failed to significantly influence fertility rates and is relatively expensive to run. This paper looks at how to shift the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045747
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Fathers' leave, fathers' involvement and child development : are they related? ; evidence from four OECD countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767952
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Does the stork deliver happiness? : parenthood and life satisfaction
Baetschmann, Gregori; Staub, Kevin E.; Studer, Raphael - 2012
become mothers and of women eventually attaining a completed fertility of zero. We document that these groups' satisfaction … be associated with substantial positive satisfaction gains. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; children ; fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743911
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LGBTI in OECD countries : a review
Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2017
This paper presents an overview of the socio-economic situation of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), primarily in OECD countries. After investigating the size of this population, the paper zooms in on attitudes toward LGBTI, LGBTI rights and perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695099
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Fathers' Leave, Fathers' Involvement and Child Development: Are They Related? Evidence from Four OECD Countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277045