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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration - Empirical Evidence from France

Lochmann, Alexia - 2017

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this training, offered by the French Ministry of the Interior, depends mainly on a precise rule: the training is available when the test score of an initial language exam is below a...

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