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Use of Time and Value of Unpaid Family Care Work: A Comparison between Italy and Poland
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
. However, the huge difference in the value of unpaid family care work, which in Italy exceeds the value of Poland by about …This study provides a comparison of the size and value of unpaid family care work in two European member States, Italy … and Poland. Using the Italian and Polish time use surveys, both the opportunity cost and the market replacement approaches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149159
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Economic Growth and Child Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Deng, Quheng; Gustafsson, Björn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It compares the extent as well as profile of child poverty in both countries. Comparisons on the extent of child poverty, over time and across countries, are made using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283589
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Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries
Heshmati, Almas; Bajalan, Chemen S.J.; Tausch, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Starting from the recent UNICEF publications on child poverty in the developed countries, which received a wide audience in the political and scientific world, in this paper we further analyze the UNICEF study data base and present three composite indices that are multidimensional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763521
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Child Poverty and Family Transfers in Southern Europe
Matsaganis, Manos; Levy, Horacio; Mercader-Prats, Magda; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain … and Portugal. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, the paper first assesses the distributional impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763582
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Neighbourhood Child Poverty in Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper takes a fresh look at child poverty at the neighbourhood level in the three metropolitan regions of Sweden using unique data for 1990, 1996 and 2002. We find that the number of neighbourhoods with high child poverty rates is much larger in 2002 than in 1990, but also that most poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536009
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Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia: A Panel Data Study
Galloway, Taryn Ann; Gustafsson, Björn; Pedersen, Peder J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel data. While native children face yearly poverty risks of less than 10 percent in all three countries and for all years investigated the increasing proportion of immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004563
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The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: Evidence from Germany
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
We examine the impact of family income during childhood on the type of secondary school that German children attend, a good indicator of their lifetime socioeconomic attainment. By contrast with several US child outcome studies, we find that late-childhood income is a more important determinant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566738
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Always Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of Child Poverty in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Tamm, Marcus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from the individuals' birth to their coming of age at age 18. Therefore we are able to analyze dynamics in and out of poverty for the entire population of children, whether they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761857
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Parental Leave - A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish "Daddy-Month" Reform
Ekberg, John; Eriksson, Rickard; Friebel, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Many countries are trying to incentivize fathers to increase their share in parental leave and in household work to improve female labor market opportunities. Our unique data set stems from a natural experiment in Sweden. The data comprises all children born before (control group) and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761650
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Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214034