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Working time reductions at the end of the career : do they prolong the time spent in employment?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Thuy, Yannick - 2016
In this paper we study the effects on the survival rate in employment of a scheme that facilitates gradual retirement through working time reductions. We use information on the entire labour market career and other observables to control for selection and take dynamic treatment assignment into...
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How does working-time flexibility affect workers' productivity in a routine job? : evidence from a field experiment
Boltz, Marie; Cockx, Bart; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; … - 2020
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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The persistence of gender pay and employment gaps in European countries
Afonso, António; Blanco-Arana, M. Carmen - 2024
The gender pay gap and the gender gap in employment remains persistent in Europe despite the basic assertion of gender equality under EU law. We assess the factors that influence the gender pay gap and gender employment gap across European countries. Therefore, we use an unbalanced panel of 31...
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The willingness to pay for job amenities : evidence from mothers' return to work
Felfe, Christina - 2009
identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can … wage. The results provide evidence that mothers are willing to sacrifice a significant fraction of their wage to reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872318
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The employment of mothers : recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …
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Work and wage dynamics around childbirth
Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - 2012
identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …
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The influence of child care on maternal health and mother-child interaction
Kröll, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - 2013
concerned with how mothers ́mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …
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Home with mom : the effects of stay-at-home parents on children's long-run educational outcomes
Bettinger, Eric; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rege, Mari - 2013
In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long-run educational outcomes of the older siblings. Using...
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Public child care and mothers' labor supply : evidence from two quasi-experiments
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Schlotter, Martin - 2013
Public child care is expected to assist families in reconciling work with family life. Yet, empirical evidence for the relevance of public child care to maternal employment is inconclusive. We exploit the introduction of a legal claim to a place in kindergarten in Germany, which was contingent...
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Birthweight and academic achievement in childhood
Chatterji, Pinka; Kim, Dohyung; Lahiri, Kajal - 2014
Research has shown that birthweight has a lasting impact on later-life outcomes such as educational attainment and earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide the link between birthweight and adult outcomes. Using...
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