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Delayed first birth and new mothers' labor market outcomes: Evidence from biological fertility shocks

Bratti, Massimiliano; Cavalli, Laura - 2013

We investigate the impact of delaying the first birth on Italian mothers' labor market outcomes around childbirth. The effect of postponing motherhood is identified using biological fertility shocks, namely the occurrence of miscarriages and stillbirths. Focusing on mothers' behavior around...

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The Difficult Case of Persuading Women: Experimental Evidence from Childcare

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara D.; … - 2013

Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other women experience about the effects of maternal employment on children outcomes may increase female labor force participation. To further explore this channel, we design a...

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The skill bias effect of technological and organisational change : evidence and policy implications

Piva, Mariacristina; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, Marco - 2003

Previous empirical literature has shown that technological change can be considered the main cause of the skill bias (increase in the number of highly skilled workers) exhibited by manufacturing employment in developed countries over the last decades. However, recent papers have also introduced...

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Child Care Choices by Italian Households

Del Boca, Daniela; Locatelli, Marilena; Vuri, Daniela - 2004

set for 1998 from the Bank of Italy (SHIW) and ISTAT Multiscopo. We find evidence that factors related to family … in the labor market in Italy. …

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Why Are Fertility and Women?s Employment Rates So Low in Italy? : Lessons from France and the U.K.

Del Boca, Daniela; Pasqua, Silvia; Pronzato, Chiara - 2004

According to the agenda for employment set by the EU in 2000 for the following ten years, the target for female employment was set at 60 per cent for the year 2010. While Northern and most Continental countries have achieved this quantitative target, the Mediterranean countries are lagging...

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Credit Market Constraints and Labor Market Decisions

Del Boca, Daniela; Lusardi, Annamaria - 2002

market. We take the case of Italy, a country that experienced changes in the mortgage market brought about by the 1992 … European unification and other institutional shifts. These events make Italy a good laboratory to study the effects of … financial markets on the labor market. Using a simultaneous equation framework and household data from the Bank of Italy between …

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Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy (1977-1998)

Del Boca, Daniela; Pasqua, Silvia - 2002

Italy, the UK, and the US, where more noticeable growth of income inequality during the last decade has accompanied changes … Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), a repeated cross-sectional survey that covers the period 1977-1998, we …

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The Effect of Child Care and Part Time Opportunities on Participation and Fertility Decisions in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela - 2002

of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and reductions in fertility. In Italy, as well as in other … married women. We analyze a model of labor supply and fertility, using panel data from the Bank of Italy which have been …

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Time allocation between work and family over the life-cycle: a comparative gender analysis of Italy, France, Sweden and the United States

Anxo, Dominique - 2007

division of labour. It identifies and analyses cross-country disparities between France, Italy, Sweden and United States, using …

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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes: an empirical analysis based on the European Community Household...

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …

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