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Racial Discrimination and Household Chores

Grossbard, Shoshana; Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

color. Our model, based on Becker's theory of allocation of time and his theory of marriage, recognizes that both intra …-household bargaining and hedonic marriage markets operating with the help of an implicit price mechanism can lead to a premium for those … chores work by 37 minutes. Marriage markets appear to be influenced by racial discrimination based on color. …

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Which Children Stabilize Marriage?

Bellido, Héctor; Molina, José Alberto; Solaz, Anne; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce …, for the United States, to investigate the relation between fertility and marriage instability. In our model of marriage … children conceived during first marriage. Our results indicate that the presence of children significantly reduces the …

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Income Transfers, Welfare and Family Decisions

Andaluz, Joaquín; Marcén, Miriam; Molina, José Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper studies the effects of different income transfers on individual welfare, in both marriage and divorce … losses derived from the marriage. We have also found that the donor of an intergenerational transfer can behave in a …

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Dynamics of Intrahousehold Bargaining

Andaluz, Joaquín; Marcén, Miriam; Molina, José Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper studies the dynamics of bargaining in an intrahousehold context. To explore long-term partner relationships, we analyse bilateral bargaining by considering that spouses take decisions sequentially. We conclude that a greater valuation of the present, rather than the future, for the...

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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...

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Does City Structure Affect the Labor Market Outcomes of Black Workers?

Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In this paper, location choices are driven by households (both blacks and whites) consciously choosing to trade off proximity to neighbors of similar racial backgrounds for proximity to jobs. Because of coordination failures in the location choices, multiple urban equilibria emerge. There is a...

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How Important Is Access to Jobs? Old Question - Improved Answer

Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

spatial mismatch, endogenous location, natural experiment

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Racial Identity and Education

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We investigate the sources of differences in school performance between students of different races by focusing on identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers’ test score while having a negative effect on blacks’ test...

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High Relocation Costs in Search-Matching Models: Theory and Application to Spatial Mismatch

Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We develop a standard search-matching model in which mobility costs are so high that it is too costly for workers to relocate when a change in their employment status occurs. We show that, in equilibrium, wages increase with distance to jobs and commuting costs because firms need to compensate...

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Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?

Bisin, Alberto; Verdier, Thierry A.; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using the UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities, we explore the determinants of religious identity for Muslims and non-Muslims. We find that Muslims integrate less and more slowly than non-Muslims. A Muslim born in the UK and having spent there more than 50 years shows a comparable...

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