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Access to land and tenancy practices on Tanah Bengkok: evidence from Java, Indonesia
Kurosaki, Takashi; Paul, Saumik; Witoelar, Firman - 2020
Tanah bengkok (bengkok land) in Java, Indonesia boasts a unique institution where elected village leaders receive … land distribution in Java, unavailability of systematic data has so far constrained in-depth empirical research on bengkok … land. In 2018, we conducted a survey covering 130 villages and more than 1,800 households in Java. We found substantial …
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Gender, time-use, and fertility recovery in industrialized countries
García-Manglano, Javier; Nollenberger, Natalia; … - 2014
This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed world. We review the theoretical foundations for this link, and assess the existing evidence suggesting that a more equal division of labor within the home leads to more children,...
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World War II, the baby boom and employment: county level evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
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Mother Africa's exceptionalism? : income and fertility redux
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Ishak, Phoebe W. - 2022
We revisit the effect of long run income growth on population fertility in some of the poorest countries in the world. Causal inference is enabled through proxying income windfalls by oil price shocks in oil rich versus oil poor provinces. Using various fertility measures as outcomes, we find...
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Women's education and fertility in China
Zhang, Zheyuan; Zhao, Zhong - 2023
Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, this paper exploits the Compulsory Education Law of China implemented in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women's education on fertility in rural China by difference-in-differences methods. The results show that an additional...
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Globalization and social change : gender-specific effects of trade liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017
We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...
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What drives female labor force participation? : comparable micro-level evidence from eight developing and emerging economies
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke; Santos Silva, Manuel; … - 2019
We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...
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Women's transitions in the labour market as a result of childbearing : the challenges of formal sector employment in Indonesia
Cameron, Lisa Ann; Contreras Suarez, Diana; Tseng, Yi-ping - 2023
Although it is well established that women's labour force participation drops markedly with marriage and childbearing, surprisingly little is known about women's labour market transitions, especially in developing countries. This paper uses the Indonesian Family Life Survey to track the...
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No room to live : urban overcrowding in Edwardian Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2009
We study the extent of overcrowding amongst British urban working families in the early 1900s and find major regional differences. In particular, a much greater proportion of households in urban Scotland were overcrowded than in the rest of Britain and Ireland. We investigate the causes of this...
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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...
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