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Daughters, Dowries, Deliveries:The Effect of Marital Payments on Fertility Choices in India
Alfano, Marco - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of the differential pecuniary costs of sons and daughters on fertility decisions … reform is found to have attenuated the widely documented positive correlation between daughters and their parents' fertility …. The observed patterns can be explained by a simple model of sequential fertility decisions where the gender composition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532732
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Islamic Law and Investments in Children: Evidence from the Sharia Introduction in Nigeria
Alfano, Marco - 2017
Sharia law increased fertility, the duration of breastfeeding and primary school enrolment. Evidence further suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532752
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Daughters, Dowries, Deliveries:The Effect of Marital Payments on Fertility Choices in India
Alfano, Marco - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of the differential pecuniary costs of sons and daughters on fertility decisions … reform is found to have attenuated the widely documented positive correlation between daughters and their parents' fertility …. The observed patterns can be explained by a simple model of sequential fertility decisions where the gender composition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839537
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Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women
Farre, Lidia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - 2009
This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such as housekeeping and child or elderly care. As a result,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532892
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Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women
Farré, Lidia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such as housekeeping and child or elderly care. As a result,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317956
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Age at migration and social integration
Aslund, Olof; Bohlmark, Anders; Skans, Oskar Nordstrom - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532679
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Can public policy increase paternity acknowledgment? Evidence from earnings-related parental leave
Raute, Anna; Weber, Andrea; Zudenkova, Galina - 2022
A child's family structure is a fundamental determinant of future well-being, making it essential to understand how public policies affect the involvement of fathers. In this paper, we exploit a reform of the German parental leave system - which increased mother's income and reduced legal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532707
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Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation Among U.S. Immigrants
Bleakley, Hoyt; Chin, Aimee - 2009
fundamental constraints? Using 2000 Census microdata, we relate immigrants' marriage, fertility and residential location variables … increases the likelihood of divorce and intermarriage. It decreases fertility and, for some groups, ethnic enclave residence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532716
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Number of Siblings and Educational Choices of Immigrant Children: Evidence from First- and Second- Generation Immigrants
Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick; Von Haaren, Friederiki - 2015
education track attendance from the first to the second generation of immigrants. Second, we find that reduced fertility is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532723
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Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation
Chiswick, Barry R.; DebBurman, Noyna - 2004
There has been minimal research on the pre-school enrollment of immigrant children. Using 1990 U.S. Census data, this paper investigates pre-school enrollment of child immigrants, those who immigrated as children and the U.S.-born children of immigrants. The analysis is conducted using probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532840