Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 356
Cover Image
The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates have reduced, in the case of Belarus women activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender pay gap. This paper investigates why this is the case by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859745
Cover Image
Mobilising female labour market reserves: What promotes women’s transitions from part-time to full-time work?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit; AneSeierstad - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011
Considering the high female part-time rates in Norway, one may envisage a sizeable additional labour supply if more part-time working women would switch to full time. In view of an ageing population and increased demand for labour in the future, we investigate this issue by studying married and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009194154
Cover Image
The relationship between earnings and first birth probability among Norwegian men and women 1994-2008
Kaldager, Rannveig V. - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014
I analyze whether the correlation between yearly earnings and the first birth probabilities changed in the period 1994 … that the correlation between earnings and fertility has become more positive over time for women but is virtually unchanged … cost of fathering increases, there is no evidence of a weaker correlation between earnings and first birth probability for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079247
Cover Image
Maternal Employment in Norway A parity-specific analysis of the return to full-time and part-time work after birth
Rønsen, Marit - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 1995
reductions in future earnings due to a career break) and her reservation wage. As predicted, a higher market wage and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980934
Cover Image
Housewives in a dual-earner society. Who is a housewife in contemporary Norway?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011
The number of housewives has declined significantly in most Western countries, but there is now a renewed interest in the homemaker role in the media and public discourse. Utilising representative survey data from 2007 we examine the prevalence and characteristics of the housewife role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189027
Cover Image
Determinants of South African Women´sLabour Force Participation, 1995–-2004
Ntuli, Miracle - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
A striking feature of labour supply in South Africa is the phenomenal expansion in the labourforce participation of women from 38 percent in 1995 to 46 percent in 2004. Even so, theirparticipation has been persistently lower than that of men whose participation rates were 58percent and 62...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861531
Cover Image
Why the Henry Review Fails on Family Tax Reform
Apps, Patricia - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
While acknowledging the importance of fairness and the need to avoid creating disincentives in the design of tax reform, the Henry Review recommends a simplified Personal Income Tax and child payments withdrawn on a single family income test. This paper shows that the proposed reforms would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008483747
Cover Image
Entry into work following childbirth among mothers in Norway. Recent trends and variation
Rønsen, Marit; Kitterød, Ragni Hege - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012
Universal parental leaves with job protection and earnings compensation increase women’s attachment to the labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678271
Cover Image
The family – a barrier or motivation for female entrepreneurship?
Rønsen, Marit - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012
The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship is consistent over cultures and countries, and is even higher in Norway than in most other industrialised societies. In spite of a growing literature, the reasons for this pattern are still not well understood. In this paper I explore an area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678298
Cover Image
Why are there so few female entrepreneurs? An examination of gender differences in entrepreneurship using Norwegian registry data
Raknerud, Arvid; Rønsen, Marit - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014
Women make up almost 50 percent of the employed population in Norway, but only about 25 percent of the entrepreneurs. Using registry data on the whole population we address gender differences in the propensity to become an entrepreneur. We do so by analysing transition from ordinary wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079245