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, on fertility decisions and labour supply of native females in Germany. Specifcally, we consider individual data of native …
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This paper analyzes individual, structural, and cultural factors that influence the labor-force participation of migrant women in Germany. Considering the well-established evidence that immigrant women work less than natives, with statuses and earnings differing significantly between them, I...
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
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This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We provide a rigorous test of the diffusion of fertility norms using …
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Fertility and female labour force participation are no longer negatively correlated in developed countries. Recently … prices of household services, which are relevant for fertility and employment decisions. This paper analyses the effect of … immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household …
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Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...
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In light of the recent feminization of migration, we empirically explore to what extent worldwide female migration can be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and preparation to emigrate from 150 countries between...
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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...
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I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous … transfers. For the economy at large, high-fertility unskilled immigrants and a low-fertility indigenous population result in …
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We investigate whether the Big Five Personality Dimensions contribute to explaining gender and migrant wage gaps by using a linked employer-employee dataset. We expand the scarce literature concerning personality traits and gender wage gaps in Germany and we provide first evidence for the...
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