This paper investigates the responsiveness of women's labor supply to their husband's job loss – the so-called added …

marital disruption on data from the nationally – representative 2009 Family and Social Subjects survey. We found that the … increasing presence of first mover migrant women (coming from Latin America and Eastern Europe) is associated with higher … separation risks among natives, especially for couples with lower human capital. Our findings add to our understanding of family …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …

hypotheses are tested using data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, a large-scale survey addressed to a … representative sample of women in the United States. Religious affiliation is found to have a significant impact on years of …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members …

parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by between 0.5 days per month (during the child's third year) and 0.85 days per … that the effect mainly stems from higher home commitment, which reduces women's labour market attachment and, in turn …

probabilities are calculated from Cox proportional hazard models and are included in regressions of annual hours. Married women are …