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Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
Lindo, Jason M.; Schaller, Jessamyn; Hansen, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010713906
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The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Hashimoto, Masanori; Percy, Rick; Schoellner, Teresa; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We investigate the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s post-birth wages, job tenure, and labor market attachment. We pay particular attention to unobservable characteristics that are correlated with maternity leave coverage and that affect labor market outcomes. We use a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763466
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The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes
Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), we examine the effects of California's paid family leave program (CA-PFL) on mothers' and fathers' use of leave during the period surrounding child birth, and on the timing of mothers' return to work, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891174
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Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low …
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Gender, Time-Use, and Fertility Recovery in Industrialized Countries
García-Manglano, Javier; Nollenberger, Natalia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
industrialized countries, we hint at the existence of a threshold ratio of gender equity in the distribution of domestic work that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095506
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Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Do apparently large minimum wage increases in an environment of recession produce clearer evidence of disemployment effects than is typically observed in the new minimum wage literature? This paper augments the sparse literature on the most recent increases in the U.S. minimum wage, using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325439
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Earnings Over the Lifecycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications
Polachek, Solomon William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
earn more than blacks; why occupational distributions differ by gender; why geographic and job mobility predominate among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247701
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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work expectations become more similar. The model explains why relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822883
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Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando A.; Lopez, Mary J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536012
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Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender … different abilities, preferences, self-assessments, gender and personalities. …
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