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We investigate gender differences across multiple dimensions after three months of the first UK lockdown of March 2020 … that, between earlier in 2020 before the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and June 2020, women had increased childcare … and housework more than men. Neither the gender gaps in COVID-19-related health and economic concerns nor the gender gaps …
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In this paper, we examine whether culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue … gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study …
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The paper reviews the literature that estimated the impact of forced displacement on host communities. A comparative analysis of the empirical models used in 59 studies and a meta-analysis of 972 results collected from these studies are the main contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 19...
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Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers' labor force … participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the … was the effect of the reform's implicit subsidy to the cost of childcare on the opportunity cost of mothers' time. We also …
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considering transitions into and out of employment, with no gender differential effect. …
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true for college graduates, who tend to have more successful businesses. Access to childcare may also affect their labor … appears that, in response to fewer childcare options, self-employed mothers away from their birth-place work fewer hours …
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This paper contributes to the debate on the revision of the Barcelona targets on childcare, as promoted by the European … Commission in 2022, that aims to provide childcare for children below the age of 3. Using EUROLAB, a structural model of labour … alternative scenarios of formal childcare policies in European countries with very low child care provision for children below 3 …
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classrooms, increasing the demand for household-provided childcare. Using time diaries from American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and … childcare in the COVID-19 era by the couple's joint work location arrangements. We determine the work location of the ATUS … childcare, especially mothers, compared to those on-site; fathers spent more time on household chores. However, only mothers …
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family and female employment in Mongolia in 2016. We examine the availability of childcare, social norms and attitudes …
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Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing … regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women …'s labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The effects of childcare …
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