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Immigration policy continues to be at the forefront of policy discussions, and the use of welfare benefits by … restrictions on eligibility for non-citizens, a number of states allowed previously eligible women to continue to receive benefits … similar to those before 1996, whereas others imposed the new Federal cutbacks. Using data from the Current Population Survey …
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undocumented immigrants' fertility. We find that a one standard deviation increases in enforcement lowers childbearing among likely …
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We examine the fertility impact of a change in immigration policy granting temporary legal status to undocumented … 2011 Royal Decree increased fertility among individuals potentially affected by the reform by approximately 32 percent. …
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We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
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In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility …
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How do policies that ease the integration of immigrants shape their fertility decisions? We use a panel survey of … undocumented Venezuelan migrants in Colombia to compare the fertility decisions of households before and after the launch of an …
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differences in participation and fertility rates for women from different European countries can be attributed to the … educational levels, childcare and optional parental leaves have a larger impact on the fertility and participation decisions of … women at lower educational levels. -- Employment ; fertility ; childcare ; parental leave …
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The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of...
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This paper uses several decades of US time-diary surveys to assess the impact of low-skilled immigration, through lower prices for commercial child care, on parental time investments. Using an instrumental variables approach that accounts for the endogenous location of immigrants, we find that...
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