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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

marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …

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How to measure living standards and productivity

Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper sets out a general algorithm for calculating true cost-of-living indices or true producer price indices when demand is not homothetic, i.e. when not all expenditure elasticities are equal to one. In principle, economic theory tells us how we should calculate a true cost-of-living...

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Modernisation and son preference

Burgess, Robin; Zhuang, Juzhong - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Gaps in welfare attainment between boys and girls in China have attracted international attention. In this paper demand analysis is used to try and uncover the factors which may be driving the emergence of the gender gaps. Drawing on household expenditure data from a poor (Sichuan) and rich...

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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...

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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 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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More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income.

Greenwood, J.; Guner, N.; Knkwles, J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

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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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

Background: Evidence suggests a much higher prevalence of postpartum depression in South Asia than in ‘western’ contexts. Aim: To conduct a rapid systematic review of evidence on the association between social relationships and postpartum depression in South Asia. Methods: Five databases...

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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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Emergency purchasing situations: implications for consumer decision-making

Samson, Alain; Voyer, Benjamin G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This article introduces the Emergency Purchasing Situation (EPS) as a distinct buying context. EPSs stem from an unexpected event (unanticipated need or timing of a need), as well as high product importance, which are associated with a short time frame for consumer decision-making. Our...

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