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Traditional Institutions in Modern Times : Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate
Bau, Natalie; Khanna, Gaurav; Low, Corinne; Voena, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper examines whether an important cultural institution in India - dowry - can enable male migration by increasing the liquidity available to young men after marriage. We hypothesize that one cost of migration is the disruption of traditional elderly support structures, where sons live...
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Moving to Opportunity, Together
Jayachandran, Seema; Nassal, Lea Maria; Notowidigdo, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Many couples face a trade-off between advancing one spouse's career or the other's. We study this trade-off using administrative data from Germany and Sweden. We first conduct an event-study analysis of couples moving across commuting zones and find that relocation increases men's earnings more...
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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
opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively …
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
- the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban - on women's employment by randomizing rationed spaces in driver's training … effects on employment are only observed among never-married and widowed women, who negotiate employment with their fathers … women's employment. They provide evidence that men's resistance to wives' employment poses a binding constraint to female …
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The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers : Evidence from a Randomized Lottery
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
(elasticity +0.16) with no decrease or an increase in U.S. employment (elasticity +0.10, statistically imprecise) across several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435151
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210107
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When Work Disappears : Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Young Men
Autor, David - 2017
, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455509
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Family Economics Writ Large
Greenwood, Jeremy - 2017
Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455578
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The Aggregate Implications of Gender and Marriage
Borella, Margherita - 2016
Wages, labor market participation, hours worked, and savings differ by gender and marital status. In addition, women and married people make up for a large fraction of the population and of labor market participants, total hours worked, and total earnings. For the most part, macroeconomists have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455863
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Changes in Marriage and Divorce as Drivers of Employment and Retirement of Older Women
Olivetti, Claudia - 2016
employment and retirement outcomes for older women. The spread of unilateral divorce, we find, was associated with cross … divorce significantly increases the probability of full-time employment later in life, and significantly decreases retirement … does not impact full-time employment after age 50 but is positively associated with investment in education post marriage …
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