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Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and … changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality …
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We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of labor supply, fertility and savings, incorporating occupational choices, with … occupational choice and desired fertility, as well as the sorting both into the labor market and across occupations. We quantify … encourage fertility and show that they are considerably smaller than short-run effects. …
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on the United States and find that in regions that were more exposed to robots, gender gaps in income and labor force …. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …
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significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in …
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' programming skills and on their awareness of gender differences in the workforce. However, it did not seem to affect girls …' aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very …
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sufficiently low gender wage gap), Intermediate-gap couples (with an intermediate gender wage gap) and high-gap couples (with a … sufficiently high gender wage gap). Our model predicts that while egalitarian couples never specialize and always share home … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of …
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higher earnings, increased employment, and decreased fertility. They also point to an effective policy to reduce the gender …
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government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These … different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … active academic inquiry, the role of gender equality has largely been ignored. Are there positive spillovers from gender …
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This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an …
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