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posit that leisure time will be more sensitive to power considerations than housework time which may be more influenced by … supportive of these hypotheses, with leisure time on non-work days in the US being particularly responsive to economic power. In … enjoy more leisure time than would be suggested by their economic power alone. -- Time use ; power ; leisure ; institutions …
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that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this …
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theories is that they view factors that determine the compatibility of women's career and family goals as key drivers of … fertility. We highlight four factors that facilitate combining a career with a family: family policy, cooperative fathers …
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leisure over the life cycle. Time use profiles for these activity categories are constructed on survey data for three … policy. Before children arrive, the adult members of the household have high labour supplies and plenty of leisure. The …
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between market work, domestic work and leisure over the life-cycle. In order to map the life-cycle, we distinguish between … nine key cross-country comparable life stages according to age and family structure such as exiting parental home, union … where work-family balance policies are more effective and traditionally well-established. -- Time use ; gender ; life …
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link between optimal program design and the family context is strongest in low-educated populations. …
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In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …
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bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …
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We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy that leverages state-level changes in maximum benefits over time and comparisons across workers who have been laid off and those that have not been laid off. The results indicate...
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This paper presents a model of lifetime utility maximisation in which expectations of future marital transitions play a role in the determination of work hours. Married people with spouses who earn more are predicted to devote additional time to the labour market when they are confronted with a...
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