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may explain why other similar studies found such programs to be more effective for women than for men. In particular for … younger women a key effect of the programs is to reduce or postpone pregnancies and to increase the attachment to the labor …
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Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labor force participation of females from...
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countries on four continents, including the United States, there is no difference - men and women do the same amount of total … women perform more total work. The facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market … wages), as women's total work is further below men's where their relative wages are lower. Additional tests using U.S. and …
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differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and African-Americans. Women's and Hispanics' relative earnings …
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differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and African-Americans. Women's and Hispanics' relative earnings …
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sozialpolitischen Reformen der letzten Jahre dabei gespielt haben. Dabei steht zunächst die aktive und passive Arbeitsmarktpolitik im …
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If labour market policies aimed at people with disabilities are effective, we should observe no significant difference in labour market outcomes between disable and non-disable individuals. This paper examines the impact of disability status on labour market outcomes using matching methods...
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This paper proposes sequential matching and inverse selection probability weighting to estimate dynamic causal effects. The sequential matching estimators extend simple, matching estimators based on propensity scores for static causal analysis that have been frequently applied in the evaluation...
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The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...
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We investigate the allocation of unemployed individuals to different subprograms within Swiss active labour market policy by the caseworkers at local employment offices in Switzerland in 1998. We are particularly interested in whether the caseworkers allocate the unemployed to services in ways...
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