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The labor supply effects of becoming a grandmother are not well established in the empirical literature. We estimate the effect of becoming a grandmother on the labor supply decision of older workers. Under the assumption that grandmothers cannot predict the exact date of conception of their...
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In this paper we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displace- ment on fertility in a sample of white … collar women in Austria. Using an instru- mental variables approach we show that unemployment incidence as such has no … so irrespective of the incidence or the duration of the associated unemployment spell. …
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variation in testosterone levels to explain transition probabilities into and out of unemployment. We examine labour market …, higher testosterone levels reduce the risk of unemployment. Based on previous studies and descriptive evidence, we argue that …
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robust evidence that the future unemployment risk is lower for those who are currently on low pay compared to those who are … most marked in neighbourhoods with high unemployment which is attributable to the much poorer prospects of the unemployed …
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reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …
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Using a combination of UKHLS and LFS data and a discrete time model, we test the hypothesis that unstable jobs with variable hours or pay enhance the job finding chances of the unemployed in the UK. We nd no evidence that the share of unstable jobs in the unemployed person's local labour market...
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