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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 …

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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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Early child care and child outcomes : the role of grandparents

Del Boca, Daniela; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pronzato, … - 2014

In this paper, we focus on the impact of early grandparents' care on child cognitive outcomes, in the short and medium term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are...

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Did COVID-19 affect the division of labor within the household? : evidence from two waves of the pandemic in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on families' lives, with parents all over the world struggling to meet the increased demands of housework, childcare and home-schooling. Much of the additional burden has been shouldered by women, particularly in countries with a traditionally...

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Exploring the impacts of public childcare on mothers and children in Italy : does rationing play a role?

Brilli, Ylenia; Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela - 2011

This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children's scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test scores of pupils attending second grade of primary school in 2008-09 in...

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Women's work, housework and childcare, before and during COVID-19

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2020

Evidence from past economic crises indicates that recessions often affect men's and women's employment differently, with a greater impact on male-dominated sectors. The current COVID-19 crisis presents novel characteristics that have affected economic, health and social phenomena over wide...

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Early childcare, child cognitive outcomes and inequalities in the UK

Del Boca, Daniela; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pronzato, … - 2016

The objective of this research is to explore the impact of early childcare on child cognitive outcomes. We utilize the Millennium Cohort Survey (MCS) for the United Kingdom, which provides very detailed information about several modalities of childcare as well as several child outcomes. In our...

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Early education and gender differences

Del Boca, Daniela; Martino, Enrica Maria; Meroni, Elena … - 2019

A rich strand of the economic literature has been studying the impact of different forms of early childcare on children cognitive and non-cognitive development in the short and medium run, and on a number of educational, labor market, and life outcomes in the long run. These studies agree in...

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Commuting time and household responsibilities : evidence using propensity score matching

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2015

The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences...

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The effect of child care and part time opportunities on participation and fertility decisions in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela - 2002

of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and reductions in fertility. In Italy, as well as in other … married women. We analyze a model of labor supply and fertility, using panel data from the Bank of Italy which have been …

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