Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 219
Cover Image
Effects of income and the cost of children on fertility. Quasi-experimental evidence from Norway
Galloway, Taryn Ann; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager - 2015
The relationship between income, cost of childrearing and fertility is of considerable political and theoretical interest. We utilize exogenous variation in family income and the direct cost of children to estimate causal effects on fertility. The variation comes from a regional child benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968598
Cover Image
Maternal Employment in Norway A parity-specific analysis of the return to full-time and part-time work after birth
Rønsen, Marit - 1995
This paper analyzes the (re)entry of Norwegian mothers into full-time and part-time employment following the first and second birth. Based on theories of job search and human capital depreciation and appreciation a semi-parametric hazard model is estimated, expressing the entry rate as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967914
Cover Image
Characteristics of parents with shared residence and father sole custody. Evidence from Norway 2012
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan - 2014
, those who have been married or cohabiting for a long rather than a short time, when the parents shared childcare tasks … childcare activities equally between themselves before they split up. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968550
Cover Image
Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?
Andersen, Synøve N.; Drange, Nina; Lappegård, Trude - 2015
This paper assesses the relationship between cash transfers to families and subsequent childbearing. We take advantage of a cash-for-care (CFC) policy introduced in Norway in 1998, and compare the fertility behaviour of eligible and ineligible mothers over a four year period. Contrary to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968570
Cover Image
Family Policies and Fertility: Parents' Parental Leave Use, Childcare Availability, the Introduction of Childcare Cash Benefit and Continued Childbearing in Norway
Lappegård, Trude - 2008
policies: parental leave, formal childcare, and the childcare cash benefit. Norwegian family policy has been considered … covering the period 1995-2002. The analysis shows that policies that promote father involvement in childcare and gender … work and family, and policies designed to improve childcare choices for parents, are indeed popular; however, in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968334
Cover Image
Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway
Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom - 2013
The wellbeing of children of immigrant mothers is of great concern worldwide. In this study, we investigate the relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship varies with the number of years since maternal migration. We use an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968511
Cover Image
Effects of policy on fertility: A systematic review of (quasi)experiments
Bergsvik, Janna; Fauske, Agnes; Hart, Rannveig K. - 2020
papers and recent working papers were included, covering the topics of parental leave, childcare, health services, universal … child transfers and welfare reforms. Childcare and universal transfers seem to have the most positive effects on fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801070
Cover Image
Effects of extended paternity leave on union stability and fertility
Hart, Rannveig K.; Andersen, Synøve N.; Drange, Nina - 2019
Long paternity leaves have the potential for lasting effects on parental unions, potentially reducing specialization and increasing union stability and fertility. We put these hypotheses to a causal test, using an extension of the Norwegian parental leave father's quota from 6 to 10 weeks as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145551
Cover Image
Welfare Effects of Proportional Taxation: Empirical Evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden
Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Strøm, Steinar - 1996
This paper employs a particular labor supply model to examine the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by proportional taxation on labor income. The results show that there are high efficiency costs for Norway and low costs for Italy and Sweden...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967943
Cover Image
Means-testing the Child Benefit
Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor O. - 1999
Improving the distributional impact of transfers may be costly if it reduces labour supply. In this paper we show how effects of changes in the design of the child benefit programme can be examined by deriving information from behavioural and non-behavioural simulations on micro data. The direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968032