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skill-spillover between the spouses within the marriage as an explanation. This paper deviates from the previous research by … partner influences under these contexts. It argues that the interaction between gender and relationship status implies …
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old), this study analyzes teenagers’ expectations and desires about marriage, having children, and becoming unwed parents … power. Race, ethnicity, gender, type of religious upbringing, parental education, and parental expectations for their child …
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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...
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We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of...
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organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They … are free to accept or reject marriage proposals. Married agents make their decisions through bargaining about work, and …
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Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
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It has long been accepted that lack of social participation in wider society is one aspect or one definition of poverty. Current concerns with the extent and distribution of social capital as both a measure of a good society and as means to upward mobility also emphasise the importance of social...
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This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …
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This paper investigates why children work by studying the wage elasticity of child labour supply. Incorporating subsistence constraints in to a model of labour supply, we show that a negative wage elasticity favours the hypothesis that poverty compels work whereas a positive wage elasticity...
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cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …
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