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the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …
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. Women having their first child soon after school completion are able to catch up with childless women only after 12–15 years … exiting formal education. …
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development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands … countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …
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Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a decade to present new evidence that children of Asian...
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of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data …Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for …
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many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by …The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in … structural aspects of work types, as fertility-related social protection there does not discriminate between self-employment and …
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This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United … counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the in- crease in fertility was lower in high … fertility, we provide evidence that county male casualties are positively related to 1950s female employment and household …
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Concerns about the welfare of working children has over time produced a wide range of international and national interventions in the child labor market, culminating most recently in a commitment to eradicate the worst forms of child work via the attainment of target 8.7 of the Sustainable...
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We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...
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Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...
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