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The economics of hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127853
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Female labor supply and divorce: New evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; González, Libertad; Keane, Claire; … - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 8, pp. 1675-1691
Ireland, the right to divorce was introduced in 1996, followed by an acceleration of marriage breakdown rates. We use this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048604
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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
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Drivers of Change : How Intra-household Preferences Shape Employment Responses to Gender Reform
Abou Daher, Chaza; Field, Erica Marie; Swanson, Kendal M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Billions of women still face legal barriers to economic inclusion, yet it is unclear whether lifting these barriers is sufficient to enhance their economic participation. We conduct a field experiment to quantify the impact of a major legal reform - the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372471
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Human capital effects of marriage payments : investing in femal human capital can reduce brideprice and dowry practices and increase welfare
Anderson, Siwan - 2014
Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420043
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Financial implications of relationship breakdown : does marriage matter?
Fisher, Hayley; Low, Hamish - 2012
marriage does not appear to translate into economic protection. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627598
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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
Many countries are reviewing immigration policy, focusing on wage and employment effects for workers whose jobs may be threatened by immigration. Less attention is given to effects on prices of goods and services. The effect on childcare prices is particularly relevant to policies for dealing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430557
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The family and the labor market (English)
Peovski, Vladimir - In: Economic Thought journal (2014) 2, pp. 21-36
Subject of this paper is the two-way link between the economic behavior of the family and the labor market processes. The analysis begins with the assumption that the gender division of labor is the economic foundation of the family institution. The article traces the impact of this form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099213
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The family and the labor market (Bulgarian)
Peovski, Vladimir - In: Economic Thought journal (2014) 2, pp. 3-20
Subject of this paper is the two-way link between the economic behavior of the family and the labor market processes. The analysis begins with the assumption that the gender division of labor is the economic foundation of the family institution. The article traces the impact of this form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099255
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The Child Penalty Atlas
Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in … female employment. In general, women experience both marriage and child penalties, but their relative importance depends on … economic development. The development process is associated with a substitution from marriage penalties to child penalties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337881