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Taxation and the Earnings of Husbands and Wives: Evidence from Sweden
M Gelber, Alexander - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax rates changed independently, allowing me to examine the effect of both spouses' incentives on each spouse's behavior. I compare the results to those of more simplified econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651891
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Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets’ Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility and mothers’ labor market outcomes, we take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401716
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Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets’ Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility and mothers’ labor market outcomes, we take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401719
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Labour Supply Responses to Paid Parental Leave
Karimi, Arizo; Lindahl, Erica; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
Women account for the majority of parental leave take-up, which is likely one of the major reasons for the gender gap in income and wages. Consequently, many countries exert effort to promote a more gender equal division of parental leave. Indeed, the last decades have seen an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690429
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Maternal Addiction to Parental Leave
Engström, Per; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Liang, Che-Yuan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2006
The increased demand for a more equal parental sharing of the responsibilities for children has led many countries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190454
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Who Takes Care of the Children? The quantity–quality model revisited
Lundholm, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
We study the Becker and Lewis (1973) quantity–quality model of children adding an explicit child care time constraint … for parents. They can purchase day care or take care of the children themselves. Our results are: (i) If there is a … combination of purchased and own care, the effect of income on fertility is ambiguous, even if quantity of children is a normal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642476
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The Swedish Youth Labor Market in Boom and Depression
Edin, P.-A.; Forslund, A.; Holmlund, B. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
This paper is concerned with the labor market experience of Swedish youths during the 1980s and the 1990s. The first objective is to portray early economic attainment among young Swedes. The second objective of the paper is to examine the impact of labor market programs on youth employment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669562
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Austerity Measures and Infant Health. Lessons from an Unexpected Wage Cut Policy
Bejenariu, Simona; Mitrut, Andreea - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
birth for boys exposed to the shock in early gestation and a decreased sex ratio at birth among early exposed children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699978
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Austerity Measures and Infant Health. Lessons from an Unexpected Wage Cut Policy
Bejenariu, Simona; Mitrut, Andreea - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
birth for boys exposed to the shock in early gestation and a decreased sex ratio at birth among early exposed children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818880
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For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
to be -7.1 percentage points. However, we find no effect of additional children on female employment among families with …We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and … low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690421