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Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind
Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact …. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this selection problem by looking within the family to exploit variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561763
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What's the Use of Marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558938
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Spousal Employment and Intra-Household Bargaining Power
Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with unobserved factors that also affect bargaining power within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781561
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
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Work and Family: Marriage, Children, Child Gender and the Work Hours and Earnings of West German Men
Choi, Hyung-Jai; Joesch, Jutta M.; Lundberg, Shelly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700912
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Institutions, Markets and Men’s and Women’s Wage Inequality: Evidence from Ukraine
Ganguli, Ina; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Ukraine, the second largest country in the former Soviet bloc, is facing the challenge of rallying popular support for major structural reforms. As in most developing economies, the "Orange Revolution" government’s success will depend on its ability to keep income distribution within an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822663
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Intermittent Employment: Work Histories of Israeli Men and Women, 1983-1995
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …’s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822160
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744667
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The Cost of Acting "Girly": Gender Stereotypes and Educational Choices
Favara, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper looks at horizontal sex segregation in education as a factor contributing to gender segregation in the labor … (2000), I research whether gender identity affects boys' and girls' educational choices and when the gendered pattern … appears first. Further, I test the hypothesis that single-sex schools attenuate the influence of gender-stereotypes. I use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156458
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
respect to their income than singles. This is a novel result that runs against the intuition that family ties weaken self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885186