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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071224
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625912
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928624
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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
1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of … a first, second and third child using a Cox hazard approach. Results show that female employment delays marriage in … participation. Female labour market instability plays an important role in family formation, especially by putting off marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745947
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Child support awards in Britain: an analysis of data from the families and children study
Morris, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where the father is non-resident have an award or agreement for child support in place. Data from the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether mothers have an award or order but the type of award they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746092
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Non-residential fatherhood and child involvement: evidence from the millennium cohort study
Kiernan, Kathleen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
Fifteen per cent of British babies are now born to parents who are neither cohabiting nor married. Little is known about non-residential fatherhood that commences with the birth of a child. Here, we use the Millennium Cohort Study to examine a number of aspects of this form of fatherhood....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126055
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Income dynamics and the life cycle
Rigg, John A.; Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life cycle perspective. A person¿s age and family circumstances ¿ the factors that shape their life cycle ¿ affect the likelihood of experiencing key life events, such as partnership formation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126566
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Can family-support policies help explain differences in working hours across countries?
Sila, Urban - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
It has been suggested in the literature that taxes and subsidies play an important role in explaining the differences in working hours across countries. In this paper I test whether public programmes for family support play a role in explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884607
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The social protection of rural workers in the construction industry in urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90% of urban construction workers are rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrants work in construction. The construction industry is not only particularly important, but is also different from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126068