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Do parental networks pay off? : linking children's labor-market outcomes to their parents' friends
Plug, Erik J. S.; Klaauw, Bas van der; Ziegler, Lennart - 2015
This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children. While parental friendships formed in...
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Robots, labor markets, and family behavior
Anelli, Massimo; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2019
Robots have radically changed the demand for skills and the role of workers in production at an unprecedented pace, with little scope for human capital adjustments. This has affected the job stability and the economic perspectives of large parts of the population in all industrialized countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140291
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Brothers in arms : spillovers from a draft lottery
Bingley, Paul; Lundborg, Petter; Lyk-Jensen, Stéphanie … - 2017
Family members tend to have similar labor market outcomes, but measuring the contribution of behavioral spillovers is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596174
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Origins of gender norms : sibling gender composition and women's choice of occupation and partner
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2018
I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment - sibling gender composition - affects women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891616
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095
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"Sex in marriage is a divine gift": for whom? : evidence from the Manila contraceptive ban
Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family … size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in … the effect of family size. We also exploit the fact that older mothers were less likely to become pregnant during the ban …
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Understanding teenage fertility, cohabitation, and marriage : the case of Peru
Favara, Marta; Lavado, Pablo; Sanchez, Alan - 2016
In this study, we used data from the Young Lives study, which investigates teenage childbearing, marriage, and cohabitation by tracking a cohort of individuals from the ages of 8 to 19 years. While the present analysis does not intend to establish causality, the longitudinal nature of the data...
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Male wage inequality and characteristics of "early mover" marriages
Mansour, Hani; McKinnish, Terra G. - 2022
Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent with the theoretical prediction that greater male wage dispersion increases the return to marital search. Consequently, male wage inequality should be associated with higher...
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Gender norm conflict and marital outcomes
Antman, Francisca M.; Kalsi, Priti; Lee, Soohyung - 2021
We investigate the impact of male-female conflict over gender norms on marital outcomes. As marriage requires mutual agreement regarding the role of husband and wife, we hypothesize that a person who is less likely to encounter a potential mate with similar gender norms will face a lower chance...
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Beyond the degree : fertility outcomes of "first in family" graduates
Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Lovász, Anna; Vujić, Sunčica - 2024
, distinguishing between those who are the first in their family to graduate from a university (FiF), graduates with a graduate parent …
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