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Hidden Consequences of a First-Born Boy for Mothers

Ichino, Andrea - 2011

We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical …

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Like Mother, Like Child? The Rise of Women's Intergenerational Income Persistence in Sweden and the United States

Brandén, Gunnar; Nybom, Martin; Vosters, Kelly - 2023

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained … in the US relative to Sweden. We develop a model to quantify the relative roles of parent human capital, employment, and …

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Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-Ses Mothers : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2022

We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...

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Overeducation Among Immigrants in Sweden : Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence

Andersson, Pernilla - 2012

The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied extensively. In the Swedish context this question is of great policy relevance due to the high levels of refugee migration and inflow of tied movers. Using Swedish register data...

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Gender Differences in Sickness Absence and the Gender Division of Family Responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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Is the Persistent Gender Gap in Income and Wages Due to Unequal Family Responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay - 2013

We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short- and long-term effects of entering...

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Child Care and Parental Leave in the Nordic Countries : A Model to Aspire to?

Datta Gupta, Nabanita - 2006

The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates compared to other western countries. This has been attributed to the fact that the welfare state model and, especially, the family-friendly policies chosen in the Nordic countries...

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