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, according to seven alternative criteria: Sex, age employment status and education level of the household's reference person, age … and education of the individual and household type. The results of the analysis reveal a number of qualitative … full employment by the individual or, especially, by the household's reference person, low educational qualifications …
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Domestic violence is a serious under-reported crime in the United States, especially among immigrant women. While the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) allows battered immigrants to petition for legal status without relying on abusive U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident spouses, we find...
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, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the heterogeneity in … household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices differ … substantially across countries, and within countries by household characteristics such as age, housing tenure, and asset positions …
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New York State linked to three major household surveys to estimate the error components we define. We find that total …
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Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
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intra-household non-commitment, limited commitment, and full commitment. It investigates whether, after controling for … supply and a positive impact on their spouses'. In addition, wives' past wage shocks also impact negatively household public …
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a 3-year expansion of paid leave in France increases household specialization by inducing mothers to exit the labor …
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Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...
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household level data for 2007 and 2009 in the United States - the Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that asset diversity …
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of household air pollution (HAP) on mental health. We investigated the causal link between HAP exposure from the use of …
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