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If not now, when? : the timing of childbirth and labour market outcomes

Picchio, Matteo; Pigini, Claudia; Staffolani, Stefano; … - 2018

We study the effect of childbirth and its timing on female labour market outcomes in Italy. The impact on yearly labour earnings and participation is traced up to 21 years since school completion by estimating a factor analytic model with dynamic selection into treatments. We find that...

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Maternity leave

Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022

development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

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Intergenerational income mobility and income taxation

Kurnaz, Musab; Soytas, Mehmet A. - 2019

the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …

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World War II, the baby boom and employment : county level evidence

Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021

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 increase 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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Gender differences in time allocation contribute to differences in developmental outcomes in children and adolescents

Ha Trong Nguyen; Brinkman, Sally; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022

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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The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads

Ha Trong Nguyen; Christian, Hayley; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2021

This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with...

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Job location decisions and the effect of children on the employment gender gap

Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022

We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an eventstudy design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...

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Causal impact of physical activity on child health and development

Ha Trong Nguyen; Christian, Hayley; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022

The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health or developmental outcome. This paper exploits exogenous...

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Longer school schedules, childcare and the quality of mothers' employment : evidence from school reform in Chile

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020

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 quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the causal...

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Motherhood, migration, and self-employment of college graduates

Cai, Zhengyu; Stephens, Heather M.; Winters, John V. - 2019

Women face unique challenges in starting and running their own businesses and may have differing motives to men for pursuing self-employment. Previous research suggests that married women with families value the flexibility that self-employment can offer, allowing them to balance their family...

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