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The Difficult Case of Persuading Women: Experimental Evidence from Childcare
Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other … exposed to two informational treatments on the positive consequences of formal childcare on children future educational …
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Family Ties
Alesina, Alberto F; Giuliano, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We study the role of the most primitive institution in society: the family. Its organization and relationship between … generations shape values formation, economic outcomes and influences national institutions. We use a measure of family ties …, constructed from the World Values Survey, to review and extend the literature on the effect of family ties on economic behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083676
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788962
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Job Insecurity and Youth Emancipation: A Theoretical Approach
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
In this paper, we propose a theoretical model to study the effect of income insecurity of parents and offspring on the child's residential choice. Parents are partially altruistic toward their children and will provide financial help to an independent child when her income is low relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136623
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Youth Emancipation and Perceived Job Insecurity of Parents and Children
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The age at which children leave the parental home differs considerably across countries. In this paper we argue that lower job insecurity of parents and higher job insecurity of children delay emancipation. We provide aggregate evidence which supports this hypothesis for 12 European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136729
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring Jewish fathers to educate their sons. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history. First, the high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136751
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This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout
Black, Sandra; Bütikofer, Aline; Devereux, Paul J.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Research increasingly shows that differences in endowments at birth need not be genetic but instead are influenced by environmental factors while the fetus is in the womb. In addition, these differences may persist well beyond childhood. In this paper, we study one such environmental factor –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084325
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Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes
Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496460
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Against 'Gender-based taxation'
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
obtained by gender-neutral voluntary schemes for taxing households. Fourth, the tax would further undermine marriage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136419
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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging—one with higher subjective well-being for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036241