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Culture, Intermarriage, and Differentials in Second-Generation Immigrant Women's Labor Supply
Gevrek, Z. Eylem - 2011
We examine the impact of culture on the work behavior of second-generation immigrant women in Canada. We contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119020
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The Effect of the Timing and Spacing of Births on the Level of Labor Market Involvement of Married Women
Troske, Kenneth R. - 2009
We use panel data from NLSY79 to analyze the effects of the timing and spacing of births on the labor supply of married women in a framework that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, the heterogeneity of the effects of children and their correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155577
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International Labor Market Competition and Spousal Labor Supply Responses
Schøne, Pål - 2020
We study how the 2004 EU enlargement to Eastern European countries has affected employment, earnings and the sharing of home production among workers employed in the Building and Construction industry, and their wives. We use license requirements to divide workers into two groups who are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844815
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Teaching, Gender and Labour Market Incentives
Carroll, David - 2019
The concentration of women in the teaching profession is widely noted and generally attributed to gender differences in preferences and social roles. Further, gender segregation exists within this profession – women make up almost all of the primary and pre-primary teaching cohorts, while men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894545
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Child-Care and Participation in the Labor Market for Married Women in Mediterranean Countries
Nicodemo, Catia - 2009
Parents in the labor force have balance their work and home life, including the choice of the type of care to provide for their children while they work. In this paper we study the connection between the married women's labor force participation, child care arrangements and the time that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764693
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Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment : The Medium-Run Effects of Parental Benefits
Kluve, Jochen - 2014
Increasing mothers' labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smoothing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055217
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The Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply in a Labor Market with Extensive Informality
Tumen, Semih; Turan, Belgi - 2021
This paper presents new evidence on the causal relationship between fertility and female labor supply. We particularly focus on how informal employment affects post-fertility labor supply behavior of mothers. We employ an instrumental variable strategy based on an unused data source for twin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252379
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Women's Transitions in the Labour Market as a Result of Childbearing : The Challenges of Formal Sector Employment in Indonesia
Cameron, Lisa A.; Contreras Suarez, Diana; Tseng, Yi-Ping - 2023
Although it is well established that women's labour force participation drops markedly with marriage and childbearing, surprisingly little is known about women's labour market transitions, especially in developing countries. This paper uses the Indonesian Family Life Survey to track the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344663
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Ora Et Non Labora? A Test of the Impact of Religion on Female Labor Supply
Pastore, Francesco - 2013
This paper examines the influence of religion on female participation to the labor market using data relative to women … a Protestant increases the probability for a woman to be employed. Although its intensity is slightly weakening, the … Catholic women tend to work less and non-active Protestant women tend to work more than average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082428
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Culture, Religiosity and Female Labor Supply
Guner, Duygu - 2014
behavior. We also extend the epidemiological approach to analyze the effects of religion on female labor supply. More …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054606