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Work as well as family life are crucial sources of human wellbeing, which however often interfere. This is especially … satisfaction with four areas of life: income, work, family and leisure. In the process, we employ pooled OLS estimations and …
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We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms...
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:A family panel. Employing a DDD and IV approach we identify medium-term ITT and LATE effects and find that while emergency care …
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. Additionally, satisfaction with family life increases, which may be a hidden benefit of being unemployed. In contrast, satisfaction …
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This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure … competition lead to a shift towards family, with more parental leave and higher fertility as well as more marriages and fewer …- versus family choice as a major determinant of trade adjustment costs. While older workers respond to the shock rather …
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Uneven family responsibilities are at the root of gender gaps. Using a new dataset covering all firm-level agreements … negotiation of family-friendly policies with management. We compare firms that operate under the same set of labor regulations but …
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We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
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We attempt to answer a simple empirical question: does having children make a parent live longer? The hypothesis we offer is that a parentś immune system is refreshed by a childś infections at a time when their own protection starts wearing thin. With the boosted immune system, the parent has...
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We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by … set of results using survey data. These suggest that the positive association between men’s education and family formation …
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