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Entrepreneurship among married couples in the United States : a simultaneous probit approach
Parker, Simon C. (contributor) - 2005
determinants of business ownership in America. -- entrepreneurship ; occupational choice ; family ; business ownership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003053136
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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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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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Self-employment and parenthood : exploring the impact of partners, children and gender
Aidis, Ruta (contributor);  … - 2007
characteristics, household and labor market characteristics for both mothers and fathers in a family context and their probability to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597331
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774345
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543962
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169030
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435628
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046102