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Top of the Class : The Importance of Ordinal Rank
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2021
This paper examines the long-run impact of ordinal rank during primary school on productivity using comprehensive English administrative data. Identification is obtained from variation in test score distributions across cohorts and subjects, such that the same score relative to the class mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315595
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Top of the Class: The Importance of Ordinal Rank
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - CESifo - 2014
This paper examines the long-run impact of ordinal rank during primary school on productivity using comprehensive English administrative data. Identification is obtained from variation in test score distributions across cohorts and subjects, such that the same score relative to the class mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779409
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International Family Migration and the Dual-Earner Model
Munk, Martin - 2017
's job opportunities. The results suggest that increasing international migration may reduce women's career investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960102
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048881
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Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Autor, David H. - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 – 2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. We find that, relative to their sisters, boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988233
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Gender of Siblings and Choice of College Major
Anelli, Massimo - 2014
” majors such as Engineering and women higher probability of choosing “female dominated” majors such as Humanities. Same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060974
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Women Leaving the Playpen : The Emancipating Role of Female Suffrage
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois - 2021
The role of women in Western societies changed dramatically in the 20th century. We study how political empowerment … affected women’s emancipation as reflected in their life choices like marital decisions and labor market participation. The … staggered introduction of female suffrage in Swiss states allows us to exploit the variation in the age women experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315419
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Development Versus Legacy : The Relative Role of Development and Historical Legacies in Achieving Gender Equality
Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke; Carmichael, Sarah - 2021
Economic development is often held to be beneficial for gender equality. However, there is good reason to believe that long lasting institutions like religion, legal traditions, and family practices, also matter. This paper provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315714
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Women's Education and Family Behavior : Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2021
women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316256
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Development versus Legacy: The Relative Role of Development and Historical Legacies in Achieving Gender Equality
Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke; Carmichael, Sarah - CESifo - 2013
Economic development is often held to be beneficial for gender equality. However, there is good reason to believe that long lasting institutions like religion, legal traditions, and family practices, also matter. This paper provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877691