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The variability and volatility of sleep: an archetypal approach
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Pfann, Gerard A. - 2022
independent of other demographics. A theory of economic incentives to minimize the dispersion of sleep predicts that higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805079
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The stress cost of children
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Wooden, Mark - 2015
We use longitudinal data describing couples in Australia from 2001-12 and Germany from 2002-12 to examine how demographic events affect perceived time and financial stress. Consistent with the view of measures of stress as proxies for the Lagrangean multipliers in models of household production,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472536
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Gender differences in the distribution of total work-time of Latin-American families : the importance of social norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501875
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Widows' time, time stress and happiness: adjusting to loss
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - 2021
widows in the American Time Use Survey 2003-18 and linking the data to the Current Population Survey allow inferring the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517842
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Market work and motherhood decisions in contexts
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646725
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Life cycle employment and fertility across institutional environments
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467010
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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]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226377
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Household choices and child development
Del Boca, Daniela; Flinn, Christopher J.; Wiswall, Matthew - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989702
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Self investments of adolescents and their cognitive development
Del Boca, Daniela; Monfardini, Chiara; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2012
While a large literature has focused on the impact of parental investments on child cognitive development, very little is known about the role of child's own investments. Information on how children invest their time separately from parents is probably little informative for babies and toddlers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627343
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Transfers to households with children and child development
Del Boca, Daniela; Flinn, Christopher J.; Wiswall, Matthew - 2014
In this paper we utilize a model of household investments in the development of children to explore the impact of various transfer policies on the distribution of child outcomes. We develop a cost criterion that can be used to compare the cost effectiveness of unrestricted, restricted, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398806