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This study exploits longitudinal employer-employee matched data to investigate gender differences in the probability to … workers with high effort levels above the 60th residual earnings percentile, we find large gender differences in promotion …
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In the present paper I provide novel evidence on the formation of the gender pay gap with respect to directly measured …-level task information, I provide detailed evidence on the evolution of task contents and their gender-specific remuneration …
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We present theory on international migration of dual-earner couples, and test it using Danish register data. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates is increasing in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
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type of grouping estimator and a control function approach is used. The estimation results show, that women in STEM work … less hours in countries with higher levels of family allowances. However, this effect is only weakly significant and small … compared to the overall effects of larger levels of expenditures on family allowance and child benefits. …
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This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...
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Young adults are the most hit by the current economic crisis. This can be observed in high youth unemployment rates in countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based...
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We use a unique survey of Danes who have emigrated between 1987 and 2002 to study intra-family decision-making on … family decision-making in a bargaining framework and derive comparative statics to test with our data. Empirically, we find … that family migration decisions are usually a shared preference, but that they are often driven to a larger extent by the …
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the Mental Developmental Index. Examination of gender differences revealed that home visited girls scored 0.30 standard …
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estimate the effects of total and gender-specific unemployment rates on domestic violence. The analysis uses the substantial … variation in the increase in unemployment across areas, gender, and age-groups associated with the onset of the latest recession …
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Numerous studies analyze gender wage differences focusing on gross hourly wages. The analysis of differences in gross … is often attributed to discrimination. While there is plenty evidence that the gender (gross) wage gap is a persistent …
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