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Career Lesbians: Getting Hired for Not Having Kids?
Baert, Stijn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
driven by age (and fertility) rather than by motherhood. We do not find any unequal treatment at older ages. This age effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011085103
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Part-Time Work, Fixed-Term Contracts, and the Returns to Experience
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Paul, Marie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
heterogeneity exist by contract type and motherhood status. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151017
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Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach
Parera-Nicolau, Antonia; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not increase their working hours when hourly … wages increase, indeed, they are more likely to reduce their hours. The major inducement for working mothers to increase … at increasing working hours amongst British mothers of pre-school children may need to focus on the quality as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822660
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Early Childhood Stimulation Interventions in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683659
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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283583
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Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924603
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Does the Liberalization of Trade Advance Gender Equality in Schooling and Health?
Schultz, T. Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762192
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Das Wachstum der Zukunft ist weiblich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Um den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt demografiefest zu machen, bedarf es einer stärkeren Aktivierung des Potenzials weiblicher Erwerbspersonen bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung der Geburtenrate. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt Handlungsoptionen zur Lösung dieser beiden zentralen Zukunftsaufgaben auf und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653978
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Grenzen einer Bevölkerungspolitik durch Familienpolitik
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Die Frage nach den Erfolgsaussichten einer auf steuerlichen Entlastungswirkungen basierenden Familienpolitik als Bevölkerungspolitik ist keineswegs neu. So keimte bereits aus Anlass von Plänen zu einer Steuerreform, bei der zum 1. Januar 1986 im Rahmen des Familienlastenausgleichs die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784550
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Does Community Property Discourage Unpartnered Births?
Ekert-Jaffe, Olivia; Grossbard, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
retrospective data from the Family Fertility Surveys collected in the 1990s. Most of our predictions are confirmed by a multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822087