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Selectivity and the gender wage gap decomposition in the presence of a joint decision process
Schafgans, Marcia M. A.; Stelcnery, Morton - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
In this paper we revisit the gender decomposition of wages in the presence of selection bias. We show that when labor market participation decisions of couples are not independent, the sample selection corrections used in the literature have been incomplete (incorrect). We derive the appropriate...
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Social relationships and postpartum depression in South Asia: a systematic review
Jones, Eleri; Coast, Ernestina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
systematically investigated and the likely complex interrelationships between social relationship risk factors are not yet well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125880
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Vertical transmission of overweight: evidence from English adoptees
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees, indicating transmission through cultural factors....
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Female labor supply and divorce: new evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; González, Libertad; Keane, Claire; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
If participation in the labor market helps to secure women’s outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an … increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. This simple … prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or spatial variation in divorce legislation (e.g., across US states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071522
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Employment, family union, and childbearing decisions in Great Britain
Aassve, Arnstein; Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The paper investigates the relationship between work and family life in Britain. Using appropriate statistical techniques we estimate a five-equation model, which includes birth events, union formation, union dissolution, employment and non-employment events. The model allows for unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126156
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The risk of divorce and household saving behavior
González, Libertad; Özcan, Berkay - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a … experience a significant increase in the expected risk of divorce (such as very religious families, or single individuals). Our … results suggest that the increase in the risk of divorce brought about by the law was followed by an increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071224
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The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia
Overman, Henry G.; Heath, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
Empirical papers studying the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on socio-economic variables have predominantly used US data. We argue that the local nature of the US schooling system means that neighbourhood effects on education decisions may act through fiscal or social channels. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884514
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To leave or not to leave? A regression discontinuity analysis of the impact of failing the High School exit exam
Ou, Dongshu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
The high school exit exam (HSEE) is rapidly becoming a standardized assessment procedure for educational accountability in the United States. I use a unique state-specific dataset to identify the effect of failing the HSEE on the likelihood that a student drops out early based on a Regression...
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Keeping it simple: financial literacy and rules of thumb
Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Gregory; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
Individuals and business owners engage in an increasingly complex array of financial decisions that are critical for their success and well-being. Yet a growing literature documents that in both developed and developing countries, a large fraction of the population is unprepared to make these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884647
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Labor market institutions, wages and investment
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in the US, but a relatively stable wage structure in Europe in the 1980s. These different trends are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884716