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-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …
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Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and … is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of …
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This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal identification, and provides an overview of the evidence of causal effects in both directions. We highlight a few themes that we regard as...
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employment protection to workers with children younger than 6 who had asked for a shorter workweek due to family responsibilities …
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that family plays a crucial role as a source of gender differences in the labor market in Spain. By 2008, children are the …Our goal in this paper is to focus on highly educated men and women and try to explore the trade‐offs between family … life cycle for different birth cohorts to explore the connection between family and work over time. Our results indicate …
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This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and …
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Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
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unobserved family influences. We also explore gender differences in the context-dependence of genetic influences and find the … replicate the findings in a within-family analysis, where we exploit exogenous genetic variation across siblings to control for …
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We examine the impact of sibling gender composition on women's adult earnings. Using data from Add Health, we find that …, self-reported personality traits, or parental expectations drive our results. However, we find that more family …-centered behavior (including family responsibilities, being in a committed relationship, and intention to have children) among those …
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I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women …'s gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally … a brother acquire more traditional gender norms with negative consequences for their labor earnings. I provide evidence …
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