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The gender wage gaps, ‘sticky floors’ and ‘glass ceilings’ of the European Union
Christofidēs, Loizos N.; Polycarpou, Alexandros; … - 2010
We consider and attempt to understand the gender wage gap across 24 EU member states, all of which share the objective of gender equality, using 2007 data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. The size of the gender wage gap varies considerably across countries and...
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Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? : evidence from a workfare reform in a generous welfare state
Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela - 2009
for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … that the desired effects of the workfare reform were associated with the side-effects of income loss and increased poverty …. -- Lone mothers ; workfare reform ; difference-in-differences ; heterogeneity ; earnings ; labor force participation ; poverty …
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The effectiveness of fiscal stimuli for working parents
Boer, Henk-Wim de; Jongen, Egbert L. W.; Kabátek, Jan - 2015
To promote the labor participation of parents with young children, governments employ a number of fiscal instruments. Prominent examples are childcare subsidies and in-work benefits. However, which policy works best for employment is largely unknown. We study the effectiveness of different...
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Unintended effects of a family-friendly law in a segmented labor market
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - 2011
Family-friendly laws may backfire if not all workers with access to the policies use them. Because these policies are costly to the employer, hiring practices may consequently be affected at the detriment of the at-risk population who may end up accessing the policy. We exploit a 1999 Spanish...
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Does broadband internet affect fertility?
Billari, Francesco C.; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2017
The spread of high-speed Internet epitomizes the digital revolution, affecting several aspects of our life. Using German panel data, we test whether the availability of broadband Internet influences fertility choices in a low-fertility setting, which is well-known for the difficulty to combine...
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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf : wie konsistent sind die Reformen?
Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - 2009
Wenn institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf behindern, wird die Wahl zwischen Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden deshalb Reformen eingeleitet, um die Balance...
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Caring dads? : universal childcare, paternity leave and fathers' involvement
Huebener, Mathias; Mahlbacher, Malin K.; Schmitz, Sophia - 2024
Increasing fathers' involvement in childcare is seen as an important strategy to reduce women's child penalties in the labour market. However, very little is known about the extent to which family policies can enhance fathers' engagement in domestic work. This paper examines the impact of the...
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Minimum-income benefits in OECD countries : policy design, effectiveness and challenges
Immervoll, Herwig - 2009
Almost all OECD countries operate comprehensive minimum-income programmes for working-age individuals, either as last-resort safety nets alongside primary income replacement benefits, or as the principal instrument for delivering social protection. Such safety-net benefits aim primarily at...
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Are parental welfare work requirements good for disadvantaged children? : evidence from age-of-youngest-child exemptions
Herbst, Chris M. - 2014
This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive development. The identification strategy exploits an important feature of the U.S.'s welfare work requirement rules - namely, age-of-youngest-child exemptions - as a source of...
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Combating in-work poverty in continental Europe : an investigation using the Belgian case
Marx, Ive; Vanhille, Josefine; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2011
Recent studies find in-work poverty to be a pan-European phenomenon. Yet in-work poverty has come to the fore as a policy issue only recently in most continental European countries. Policies implemented in the United States and the United Kingdom, most notably in-work benefit schemes, are much...
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