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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - Revised, October 2019
first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124840
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392486
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Immigrants and Gender Roles : Assimilation vs. Culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009865
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199826
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Genetic distance and international migrant selection
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015 - This version: July 2015
This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300374
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Genetic Distance and International Migrant Selection
Krieger, Tim - 2015
This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018280
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Immigration, regional conditions, and crime : evidence from an allocation policy in Germany
Piopiunik, Mark; Ruhose, Jens - 2015
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a special law granting immediate citizenship. Exploiting the exogenous allocation of ethnic German immigrants by German authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509654
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Does early educational tracking increase migrant-native achievement gaps?
Ruhose, Jens; Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a differences-in-differences strategy that exploits international variation in the age of tracking as well as student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492327
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Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime : Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
Piopiunik, Marc - 2015
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a special law granting immediate citizenship. Exploiting the exogenous allocation of ethnic German immigrants by German authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023910