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An empirical analysis of the time allocation of Italian couples : are Italian men irresponsive?

Bloemen, Hans G. (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2008

This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature … is significantly negative for housework of women. Childcare time of fathers increases with own wage and with the presence …

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A flying start? : maternity leave benefits and long run outcomes of children

Carneiro, Pedro; Løken, Katrine V.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2011

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway in July 1977. Mothers giving birth before this date were eligible only for 12 weeks of unpaid leave, while those giving birth after were entitled to 4...

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A flying start? : long term consequences of maternal time investments in children during their first year of life

Carneiro, Pedro; Løken, Katrine V.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by exploiting a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway. The reform increased maternal leave on average by 4 months and family income was unaffected. The...

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Why are fertility and women's employment rates so low in Italy? : Lessons from France and the UK

Del Boca, Daniela (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Care or cash? : the effect of child care subsidies on student performance

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Løken, Katrine V.; … - 2012

Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of … these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are … able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on both parental and student outcomes. We find very small and …

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Women's career choices, social norms and child care policies

Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2017

Our model explains the observed gender-specific patterns of career and child care choices through endogenous social norms. We study how these norms interact with the gender wage gap. We show that via the social norm a couple's child care and career choices impose an externality on other couples,...

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The gender gap in informal child care : theory and some evidence from Italy

Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Monfardini, Chiara - 2019

Our model studies couples. time allocation and career choices, which are a¤ected by a social norm on gender roles in the family. Parents can provide two types of informal child care: basic care (feeding, changing children, baby-sitting) and quality care (activities that stimulate children.s...

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Mothers working during preschool years and child skills : does income compensate?

Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2020

Increasing mothers' labour supply in a child's preschool years can cause a reduction in time investments that lead to a negative direct effect on mid-childhood and teenage outcomes. But as mothers' work hours increase, income will rise. We ask whether income can compensate for the negative...

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Having it all, for all : child-care subsidies and income distribution reconciled

Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2019

We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child …

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Market work and motherhood decisions in contexts

Del Boca, Daniela (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2008

jointly and, in addition to personal characteristics, include variables related to the childcare system, parental leave … 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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