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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Danzer, Natalia - 2017
's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care arrangements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953697
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Domestic Abuse : Instrumental Violence and Economic Incentives
Anderberg, Dan - 2011
A large fraction of domestically abused women report that their partners interfere with their participation in education and employment. As of yet, mainstream economics has not dealt in any systematic way with this phenomenon and its implications for welfare policy. This paper puts forward a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117362
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Unemployment and Domestic Violence : Theory and Evidence
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2021
Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315745
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Domestic Abuse: Instrumental Violence and Economics Incentives
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut - CESifo - 2011
A large fraction of domestically abused women report that their partners interfere with their participation in education and employment. As of yet, mainstream economics has not dealt in any systematic way with this phenomenon and its implications for welfare policy. This paper puts forward a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645232
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Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - CESifo - 2013
Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011067193
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Household Bargaining and the Design of Couples' Income Taxation
Cremer, Helmuth - 2015
This paper studies the design of couples' income taxation. Consumption and labor supply decisions within the couple are made by maximizing a weighted sum of the spouses' utilities; bargaining weights are given but specific to each couple. The information structure and labor supply decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027088
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Household Bargaining and the Design of Couples' Income Taxation
Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Mari; Maldonado, Dario; … - CESifo - 2015
This paper studies the design of couples’ income taxation. Consumption and labor supply decisions within the couple are made by maximizing a weighted sum of the spouses’ utilities; bargaining weights are given but specific to each couple. The information structure and labor supply decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165508
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On the Causes and Consequences of Divorce
Balestrino, Alessandro - 2008
In most Western economies, the flourishing of the Welfare State has coincided with a decline of the role of the family: divorce has been introduced, and the number of marriages has decreased. We suggest that a taboo against divorce was part of the informal safety net in a period when social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771405
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Family-Specific Investments and Divorce : A Theory of Dynamically Inconsistent Household Behavior
Anderberg, Dan - 2016
, the inefficiencies in the behavior of time-inconsistent couples can be completely undone by means of earnings and divorce …-U function of marriage duration, reaches its maximum when children are in their teens, and declines thereafter. We use our … standard models of household behavior. Examples include: marriage contracts that serve as barriers to hasty divorces (e …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985414
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On the Causes and Consequences of Divorce
Balestrino, Alessandro; Ciardi, Cinzia; Mammini, Claudio - CESifo - 2008
In most Western economies, the flourishing of the Welfare State has coincided with a decline of the role of the family: divorce has been introduced, and the number of marriages has decreased. We suggest that a taboo against divorce was part of the informal safety net in a period when social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766085