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Is there still son preference in the United States?

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …

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Culture and gender allocation of tasks: Source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US-immigrants

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020

, particularly for second-generation men with children. Our findings suggest that broader cultural factors do influence the gender …There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …

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Pension incentives and early retirement

Engels, Barbara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter - 2016

In this paper we exploit a cohort-specific pension reform to estimate the causal labour market effects of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular, we analyze the effects of the introduction of cohort-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment...

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Closing routes to retirement: How do people respond?

Geyer, Johannes; Welteke, Clara - 2017

We present quasi-experimental evidence on the employment effects of an unprecedented large increase in the early retirement age (ERA). Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pension beneficiaries at the same time, if employment exits are...

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The role of labor demand in the labor market effects of a pension reform

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Lorenz, Svenja; Pfister, Mona - 2019

This paper shows that labor demand plays an important role in the labor market reactions of older women affected by pension deductions for early retirement. Based on a large representative sample of the German workforce (SIAB), we calculate the consequences of individual financial incentive...

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Labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the retirement age

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Hammerschmid, Anna; … - 2018

We evaluate the labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the early retirement age (ERA) from 60 to 63 for women. We use a regression discontinuity design which exploits the immediate increase in the ERA between women born in 1951 and 1952. The analysis is based on the German...

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Early retirement of employees in demanding jobs: Evidence from a German pension reform

Geyer, Johannes; Lorenz, Svenja; Zwick, Thomas; Bruns, Mona - 2021

Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in employment. An important at-risk group comprises employees who have worked in demanding jobs for many years. This group may be particularly negatively affected by the abolition of...

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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health: Evidence from administrative data

Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort-specific pension reform for women using two complementary empirical approaches - a Regression Discontinuity Design and a Difference-in- Differences approach. The analysis is based on...

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Veränderungen der Erwerbsanreize durch das Elterngeld Plus für Mütter und Väter

Geyer, Johannes; Krause, Alexandra - 2016

the experiences with this new family policy instrument. The main objective of the 2015 reform was to improve the situation …

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Short-Run and Long-Term Effects of Childbirth on Mother's employment and working hours across institutional regimes : an empirical analysis based on the European community househol...

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

The employment behavior of mothers is strongly influenced by labor market regulations and certain institutional arrangements, which both vary greatly across European countries. Using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) 1994-2001 for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which...

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