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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003 …
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Non-standard employment in Sweden
Skedinger, Per - 2018
In Sweden, as in many other countries, marginal groups tend to be overrepresented in non-standard employment. A … considerably smaller in Sweden, both for natives and foreign born, than those that have been found for other countries. This may be … due to a highly compressed wage structure and extensive coverage of collective bargaining in Sweden. On the whole, the …
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Political polarization and the size of government
Lindqvist, Erik (contributor); Östling, Robert (contributor) - 2008
We study the effect of political polarization on public spending using the dispersion of self-reported political preferences as our measure of polarization. Political polarization is strongly associated with smaller government in democratic countries, but there is no relationship between...
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Cultural determinants of gender roles : pragmatism is an important factor behind gender equality attitudes among children of immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2016
This paper presents evidence of how attitudes toward gender roles in the home and market are shaped by Hofstede's six cultural dimensions. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. Individuals are examined within country of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554114
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The glass ceiling in politics : formalization and empirical tests
Folke, Olle; Rickne, Johanna - 2014
There is a scarcity of women and minorities at the apex of political power. This paper formalizes the concept of the glass ceiling for political organizations and builds on previous research to suggest four testable criteria. A glass ceiling exists if women and/or racial minorities (1) are...
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Gender and labour market adjustment to trade: the case of India
Johannesson, Louise; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - 2020
Standing at 24% in 2018, India's female labour force participation is only half of the global average (48%). At the same time, India has one of the widest gender wage gaps in the world and women are less likely to be employed in the formal sector compared to men. This study focuses on the role...
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Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms
Ichino, Andrea; Olsson, Martin; Petrongolo, Barbara; … - 2019
We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in their relative wages. By exploiting variation from a Swedish tax reform, we estimate the elasticity of substitution in parental childcare for the whole population and for...
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Mothers, peers and gender-role identity
Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2019
We study whether a woman's labor supply as a young adult is shaped by the work behavior of her adolescent peers' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult...
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Avoiding the housewife stigma : self-employment as a female career choice
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2018
This paper investigates career choices of women who marry high-income men. We find that women married to men in the top of the income distribution are more likely to enter self-employment, which is also associated with a lower income. This can be interpreted as a career choice that produces a...
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Bargaining for trade : when exporting becomes detrimental for female wages
Halvarsson, Daniel; Lark, Olga; Tingvall, Patrik; … - 2022
In this paper, we study the link between globalization of firms and gender inequality. Specifically, we examine how the need for interpersonal contacts in trade and gender-specific differences in negotiations are related to the gender wage gap. Our key finding is that export of goods that are...
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