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Gender Discrimination in the British Labour Market: A Reassessment
Ermisch, John F; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
For the first time, nationally representative data on women's employment histories are used to study the gap between … characteristics (such as education, work experience, and time spent out of employment by women), and a gap attributable to gender … discrimination. Using data collected in the 1980 Women and Employment Survey, we find that women's wages would be between 20 and 25 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656294
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Child Care and Mothers' Lifetime Earnings: Some European Contrasts
Davies, Hugh; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
Patterns of female employment participation are compared in a variety of European countries with differing levels of … there is also more out-of-home provision for children of and below school age. The effect on mothers' lifetime earnings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666816
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Labour Income Taxation, Human Capital and Growth: The Role of Child Care
Casarico, Alessandra; Sommacal, Alessandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper studies the effects of labour income taxation on growth in an OLG model where both formal schooling and child care enter the human capital production function as complements. We compare them with the effects obtained in a model where only formal schooling matters for skill formation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792001
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The Cash Opportunity of Childbearing: An Approach Using British Data
Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
a typical family. Data from the 1980 Women and Employment Survey provide estimates for hourly pay as a function of work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792397
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Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: The Case of Divorced Parents
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Van Der Klaauw, Wilbert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper formulates a model to examine the effects of changes in tax-benefit policy on the behavior of divorced parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support payment to transfer to custodians. These, in turn, decide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136476
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Daycare Subsidies and Labor Supply in Sweden
Gustafsson, Siv; Stafford, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes the effects of the price and availability of subsidized child care on labor force participation, using data from a Swedish household survey for 1984 in combination with data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656121
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Early Child Care and Child Development: For Whom it Works and Why
Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to benefit from such expansions? We address this question by adopting a marginal treatment effects framework. We study the West German setting where high quality center-based care...
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Technology Shocks and Employment
Collard, Fabrice; Dellas, Harris - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
than output, while employment shows a persistent decline. This finding has raised doubts concerning the relevance of the … economy, the flexible price RBC model can match the negative conditional correlation between productivity and employment quite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662191
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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work – the move from occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662207
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Labour Force Growth, Trade, and Employment
Francois, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper examines the implications of labour force growth in one region for wages, employment, and production … linkages between labour force growth in one region and real wage and employment erosion in another are derived. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666533