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The impact of the labour market on the timing of marriage and births in Spain

Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … hours) postpone first and second birth in any cohort, even accounting for any potential endogeneity between fertility and …

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Employment after motherhood: a European comparison

Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

There is theoretical evidence that economic and family policies have an important impact on mother''s employment. The aim of this article is to study empirically the women''s transitions from employment to non-employment after they have their first birth in Belgium, West-Germany, Italy, Spain...

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Employment penalty after motherhood in Spain

Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper investigates whether there exists an employment penalty from motherhood in Spain. In particular, we are interested in transitions from employment to non-employment and downward occupational mobility. Results show that Spanish women experience significant transitions from employment to...

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Do organisational climate and strategic orientation moderate the relationship between human resource management practices and productivity?

Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; Patterson, Malcolm G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest that the effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examined whether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturing companies is contingent upon organizational climate...

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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy

Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategy on the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theory perspective on capital structure....

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