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Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and other social and economic variables. But the observed association between sex ratios and social and economic conditions may be confounded by omitted variables and reverse causality....
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market production in support of a family business, that is, unreported family workers. These individuals are not coded in the … other relatives in their household. Unreported family workers are classified into four categories: farm, merchant, craft … unreported family workers in the male augmented labor force participation rate is relatively small. …
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older) who were likely providing informal and unenumerated labor for market production in support of a family business, that … is, unreported family workers. These individuals are identified as not having a reported occupation, but are likely to be … working on the basis of the self-employment occupation of other relatives in their households. Family workers are classified …
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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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children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …
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This study documents the matrilineal advantage in grandparent - grandchildren relationships in Europe, using data on 20 European countries and Israel from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE). We show that maternal grandparents look after grandchildren and provide financial or...
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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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The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties … using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that … children need to have for their parents for over 70 countries. We show that strong family ties imply more reliance on the …
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satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … regardless of how many hours it entails"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site …
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