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Worktime Regulations and Spousal Labor Supply

Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric; Petrongolo, Barbara - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

We investigate cross-hour effects in spousal labor supply exploiting independent variation in hours worked generated by the introduction of the short workweek in France in the late 1990s. We find that female and male employees treated by the shorter legal workweek reduce their weekly labor...

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Discussion Sessions Coupled with Microfinancing May Enhance the Roles of Women in Household Decision-Making in Burundi

Ferrari, Giulia; Iyengar, Radha - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in decisions regarding household purchases and the reduction...

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Unemployment and domestic violence

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

Contrary to popular belief, the incidence of domestic violence in Britain does not seem to have risen during the recession. But according to research by Jonathan Wadsworth and colleagues, men and women have experienced different risks of unemployment - and these have had contrasting effects on...

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Unemployment and domestic violence

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

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Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...

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The Impact of the Labour Market on the Timing of Marriage and Births in Spain.

Gutierrez-Domenech, Maria - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002

1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of … a first, second and third child using a Cox hazard approach. Results show that female employment delays marriage in … participation. Female labour market instability plays an important role in family formation, especially by putting off marriage …

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The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income Distribution of Women with Children

Ananat, Elizabeth O.; Michaels, Guy - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman's first marriage breaks up. Recent …

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Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

Clark, Andrew E.; Diener, Ed; Georgellis, Yannis; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …

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Intergenerational Transfers and Household Structure. Why Do Most Italian Youths Live With Their Parents?

Manacorda, Marco; Moretti, Enrico - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002

85 percent of Italian men aged 18-33 live with their parents. We argue that Italian parents like to live with their children and a rise in their income makes it possible for them to offer their children higher consumption in exchange for their presence at home. Children prefer to live on their...

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Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?

Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many decades? The answer to both questions is 'Yes'. We...

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