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Abstract: The paper analyzed the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) in their … household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution … observations it is found that women as head of household, women’s education, and ownership of assets by woman have positive effect …
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Twin births are often used as an instrument for fertility in models investigating the impact of family size on labour market and child outcomes. However, a large share of twin births (24% in our sample) are the result of fertility treatments, potentially causing twin births to be endogenous and...
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private childcare services is more e¤ective in increasing women�s employment, fertility and inter-regional migration rates …
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predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women …
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men and women spend similar amounts of time in total work. When considering the social norms that explain gender … important to know how men and women from these four countries distribute their time in total work, in order to understand why …
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Am 28. Oktober 2011 wurde in Berlin der 8. Familienbericht an die Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend übergeben. Er beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema »Zeit für Familie« und mit den Notwendigkeiten und Möglichkeiten einer Familienzeitpolitik. Für die Erstellung des...
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In recent years, changes in women's lifestyles, and a decline in recreation goods price due to technological progress … child birth. Traditionally, research studies focused mainly on relationships between child birth and women’s wage, women …
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Using data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers (JPSC)1994-2006, we examine the effect of child birth on fathers’ wage rates and labor supply in Japan. We also compare effects of fatherhood among different cohorts by dividing the JPSC sample into two birth year cohorts (born in or...
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By using data from the latest wave of the Indonesia Life Family Survey, the present work investigates whether and to which extent child time allocation depends on the joint impact of liquidity constraints and risk attitudes. We employ a double selection model of school hours, by adding time...
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In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
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