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Making Dough or Baking Dough? Spousal Housework Responsibilities in Germany, 1992-2011
Procher, Vivien; Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual’s contribution to household income - both in absolute and relative terms - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860287
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Household Labor Supply and Home Services in a General-Equilibrium Model with Heterogeneous Agents
Bredemeier, Christian; Jüßen, Falko - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in particular for the increase in married women’s labor supply over time.We argue that this increase as well as the relative constancy of other groups’ hours are optimal reactions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005436116
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Heterogeneity in the Correlates of Motorized and Non-Motorized Travel in Germany – The Intervening Role of Gender
Procher, Vivien; Vance, Colin - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Drawing on individual-level mobility data from Germany between 1996 and 2009, this analysis econometrically … its impact, including age, the presence of children, the proximity to public transit, and the commute distance. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533928
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Executive board composition and bank risk taking
Berger, Allen N.; Kick, Thomas; Schaeck, Klaus - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2012
Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of financial institutions. First, we establish that age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957149
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Executive board composition and bank risk taking
Berger, Allen N.; Kick, Thomas; Schaeck, Klaus - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2012
Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of financial institutions. First, we establish that age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535440
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468482
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468487
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Are Business Cycles Gender Neutral?
Razzu, Giovanni; Singleton, Carl - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2013
We study the relationship between business cycles and gender employment rate gaps in the UK over the last four decades, on which there is surprisingly limited evidence. An analysis of employment rates as opposed to unemployment accounts for the greater tendency of women to move in and out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747650
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Gender Bias in Access to Finance, Occupational Choice, and Business Performance
Hashimzade, Nigar; Rodionova, Yulia - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2013
We analyze, in a model of occupational choice in the labour market and discrimination in the capital market, the relationship between the gender of the owner and of the top manager of a firm, access to finance, and this firm's performance. Occupational choice serves as the link from the capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747656
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You’re Fired! The Causal Negative Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984–2006, using a sample of men and … unemployment on life satisfaction.This paper expands on previous cornerstone research from Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998) and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991.We find that for women in East andWest Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561993