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den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...

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The Effect of Job Displacement on Couples' Fertility Decisions

Huttunen, Kristiina; Kellokumpu, Jenni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

possible channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The …

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Market Work and Motherhood Decisions in Contexts

Del Boca, Daniela; Pasqua, Silvia; Pronzato, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In this paper, we explore the impact of social policies and labour market characteristics on women’s decisions regarding work and childbearing, using data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). We estimate the two decisions jointly and, in addition to personal characteristics,...

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Can Child Care Policy Encourage Employment and Fertility? Evidence from a Structural Model

Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer system which differs by employment state and number of children. To …

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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...

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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives

Anukriti, S - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex-selection is easily accessible. This paper investigates whether financial incentives can overcome this trade-off in the context of an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to...

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