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Female Labour Supply and intergenerational preference formation: Evidence for Mexico
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Velez, Roberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using a national representative sample for Mexico, we analyse the effect of a husband having a working mother on the probability that he has a working wife. Our results show that labour force participation by a husband’s mother increases the probability of the labour force participation of his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258713
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The Labor Supply and Tax Revenue Consequences of Federal Same-Sex Marriage Legalization
Stevenson, Adam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
marginal tax rates within the household. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647286
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Social Capital, Trust, and Multiple Equilibria in Economic Performance
Growiec, Katarzyna; Growiec, Jakub - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We propose a novel mechanism giving rise to poverty traps and multiple equilibria in economic performance. It is a potentially important source of persistent underdevelopment across countries and regions. At the core of this mechanism, bridging social capital and social trust feed back on each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502753
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Zeitverwendungsforschung und Mediennutzung
Merz, Joachim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The possibilities of time use research approaches for the analysis of the use of media is the focus of this study. After describing previous studies of media analyses time use research is characterised and the particular suitability of its central surveying instruments – stylised survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011955
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Underground economy modelling: simple models with complicated dynamics
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The paper aims to model the underground economy using two different models: one based on the labor supply method and a generalized model for the allocation of time. The model based on the labor supply method is conceived as a simulating one in order to determine some reasonable thresholds of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616894
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The quantitative role of child care for female labor force participation and fertility
Bick, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Consistent with facts for a cross-section of OECD countries, I document that the labor force participation rate of West German mothers with children aged zero to two exceeds the corresponding child care enrollment rate whereas the opposite is true for mothers with children aged three to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147704
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The quantitative role of child care for female labor force participation and fertility
Bick, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Consistent with facts for a cross-section of OECD countries, I document that the labor force participation rate of West German mothers with children aged zero to two exceeds the corresponding child care enrollment rate whereas the opposite is true for mothers with children aged three to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674269
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Households’ activities in informal economy: size and behavioural aspects
Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Kim, Byung-Yeon; Duchene, Gerard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Using a Romanian household survey, we analyse the structure of households’ income by sources: main job, secondary job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789942
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Income, gender and consumption: A study of Malawian households
Davies, Simon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper uses 1998 household level data from urban Malawi to look at the impact on consumption patterns of the share … of total household income accruing to different individuals within the household. Specifically, male and female income … shares and other factors which may influence intra-household bargaining such as education are analysed. The study finds that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621457
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Matching Markets with N-Dimensional Preferences
Flanders, Sam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Abstract. This paper analyzes matching markets where agent types are n-vectors of characteristics--i.e. points in R^n --and agents prefer matches that are closer to them according to a distance metric on this set (horizontal preferences). First, given a few assumptions, I show that in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110355