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The effect of Sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015 - This version: May 2015
outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin … different way. Men with brothers earn more and are more likely to get married and have children than men with sisters. Women …
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Father of the bride, or steel magnolias? : targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage
Cassidy, Rachel; Dam, Anaya; Janssens, Wendy; Kiani, Umair - 2022
Interventions that aim to change outcomes for women and children typically target women. Yet in contexts where men are … edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan. Our treatment arms target men and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460038
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Collective labour supply, taxes, and intrahousehold allocation : an empirical approach
Bloemen, Hans G. - 2015
Most empirical studies of the impact of labour income taxation on the labour supply behaviour of households use a unitary modelling approach. In this paper we empirically analyze income taxation and the choice of working hours by combining the collective approach for household behaviour and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376279
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Empirical estimation results of a collective household time allocation model
Klaveren, Chris van; Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Maassen … - 2005
the main accent still lies on the development of theory. The novelty of this paper is that we empirically estimate the two …
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Intra-household work time synchronization : togetherness or material benefits?
Klaveren, Chris van; Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte - 2005
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Labor market transitions of members of opposite-sex couples : nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment
Bloemen, Hans G. - 2021
An empirical analysis of labor market transitions for spouses in couples is implemented. Object of study are transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search, the emphasis is on spousal variables and interactions....
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Marriage markets and single motherhood in South Africa
Gustafsson, Siv S.; Worku, Seble - 2006
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The role of domestic abuse in labor and marriage markets
Bowlus, Audra J.; Seitz, Shannon N. - 1998
In this paper we study the effects of abusive behavior on the labor force andmarital status decisions of women. Using a unique Canadian data set on domesticviolence, we estimate the effects of abuse on the marital history as well ascurrent employment using a sequential, multi-state model. In our...
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For better and for worse : how unpaid bride wealth provides security
Hoogeveen, Johannes - 2000
The obligation to pay bride wealth at marriage is usually associated with thecontinuation of the lineage or considered a compensation for the loss of laborfor the family that provides the bride. In this paper a different interpretationis advanced. The obligation to pay of bride wealth is seen as...
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On the timing of marriage, cattle and weather shocks
Hoogeveen, Johannes; Klaauw, Bas van der; Lomwel, … - 2004
In this paper we focus on the timing of marriages of women, whose marriages are associated with bride wealth payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's family. Unmarried daughters could therefore be considered assets who, at times of need, can be cashed in. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335199