Using data from the HILDA (Household Income and Labour Dynamics), this paper examines the implications of child care …

Pooling microdata from five Australian censuses, I explore the relationship between child gender and divorce. By … contrast with the United States, I find no evidence that the gender of the first child has a significant impact on the decision …

household income; husband’s unemployment and perceived financial stress; young age at marriage; separation of parents; second …-plus marriage; and resident children born before marriage. …

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

new Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. We find that the usual negative part-time wage penalty found …

the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and … countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use … phases that represent the key transitions in the life cycle of a typical household. Our contention is that, given the …

first four waves of the new Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. We find that, once unobserved …