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Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence
Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233904
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GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking: How Much Does Europe Care?
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This study estimates the size and value of unpaid family caretaking activities at a European level. While at a country level several studies are available, a comprehensive evaluation for Europe as a whole was missing so far, mainly due to data limitations. This paper fills this gap using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466020
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Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Das, Maitreyi Bordia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines norms about gender equality of the education of children and adults in Bangladesh using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women. Education norms are found to differ substantially across cohorts, with women from the younger cohort being far more positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105063
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Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness - Or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships with household income. The paper uses household economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763522
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The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being
Headey, Bruce; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that household income has statistically significant but only small effects on measures of subjective well-being. Income, however, is clearly an imperfect measure of the economic circumstances of households. Using data drawn from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700880
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
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The Difficult Case of Persuading Women: Experimental Evidence from Childcare
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara D.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
child care (and to pay more); whereas low educated non-mothers to reduce their intended labor supply. These findings are … public policies regarding formal child care. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884172
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If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands: How Do Mothers and Fathers Really Feel about Child Caregiving?
Connelly, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper considers the question posed by popular media, do women like doing child care more than men? Using … differences in how men and women who have done some child caregiving on the previous day feel when engaged in a set of common … daily activities. We find that both men and women enjoy their time in child caregiving, men as much, or even more so, than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884219
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884299
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
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