In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network … immigrants have at least partly different determinants. Acquiring German citizenship increases the probability of family …

-educational background on children success at the university is not direct, but through the high school track. In fact, although any …

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 … labour supply equation, estimated by probit. Several measures for the care of children and elderly people, proxies for the …

Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of … teenagers (15-19), the conditional gender gap becomes significant and sizeable for the over-20. The Juhn, Murphy and Pierce …

.4 and 8% – when compared to EU economies. Ceteris paribus they tend to be more frequent among children of parents with lower … educational levels, through school tracking. Most arts degrees and social sciences, but also Geology and Biology are associated to …

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …