Showing 1 - 10 of 1,001
with children and in more flexible occupations also tend to be more mismatched. Again, this is especially true of women … cohort, even as the new generation of women is doing better. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931469
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392486
, capital and wages, providing evidence of sorting into worse firms after childbirth. In the heterogeneity analysis, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550206
in the parental wage gap (PWG)—defined as the relative difference in potential wages of mothers and fathers—on children …Converging labor market opportunities of men and women have altered the economic incentives for how families invest … monetary and time resources into the skill development of their children. In this paper, I study the causal impact of changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529250
not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the … size responds to class gender composition more for men than for women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515310
Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665761
This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at birth, and infant health. In the context of South Korea, I exploit rich spatial and temporal variation in cash transfers provided to families with newborn babies and the universe of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014583790
We develop a model to study the impact on gender gaps in participation and wages of a liquidity constraint that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285511
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482631
, especially women with children, are underrepresented at higher levels of the political hierarchy. …Women tend to experience substantial declines in their labor income after their first child is born, while men do not …-study methodology, we find that women drop out of local politics to a larger extent than men after their first child is born. Parenthood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888488