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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry - In: Review of Economics of the Household 1 (2003) 4, pp. 343-361
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer's contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through … theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the pre-Mincer period, and then discusses his analysis of human capital … and earnings developed in his 1957 doctoral dissertation and 1958 Journal of Political Economy (JPE) article. Further …
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Female Labour Force Participation : Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
Jaumotte, Florence - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...
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The Child Penalty Atlas
Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper builds a world atlas of child penalties in employment based on micro data from 134 countries. The estimation of child penalties is based on pseudo-event studies of first child birth using cross-sectional data. The pseudo-event studies are validated against true event studies using...
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Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045809
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Introduction
Addabbo, Tindara; Solinas, Giovanni - In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case …
This chapter introduces the essays in the volume starting with analysing the situation of the Italian labour market in terms of the diffusion of non standard work. Together with an analysis of its diffusion the essay discusses the characteristics of workers who are more likely to be in non...
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A Microeconometric Analysis of Female Labour Force Participation in Italy
Bratti, Massimiliano; Staffolani, Stefano - In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case …
Microlevel individual data for Italy from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Rilevazione Trimestrale delle Forze di Lavoro) are used to undertake a microeconometric analysis of the factors affecting women’s labour force participation. The main research questions are: 1) does the availability...
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Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case of Italy
Addabbo, Tindara (contributor);  … - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro - AIEL
The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly...
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Gender Roles and Technological Progress
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
their earnings differential with respect to men. We document these changes and develop a quantitative model that aims to …
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Child Penalties and Parental Role Models : Classroom Exposure Effects
Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Olivero, Giulia; Patacchini, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper investigates whether the effects of children on the labor market outcomes of women relative to men -- child penalties -- are shaped by the work behavior of peers' parents during adolescence. Leveraging quasi-random variation in the fraction of peers with working parents across cohorts...
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