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From classroom to wedding aisle: The effect of a nationwide change in the compulsory schooling law on age at first marriage in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Adireksombat, Kampon - 2010
first marriage for both genders, with the effect being much more statistically robust for men than women. The regression … approximately 3 years for men and almost 2 years for women. Given the compelling effect of the 1947 reform, it is likely that our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269856
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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle
Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022
Adverse economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the economy. These life decisions are fundamentally tied to specific periods of an individual's career, and economic shocks may therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470397
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Do babysitters have more kids? The effects of teenage work experiences on adult outcomes
Erdogan, Zeynep; Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Kooreman, Peter - 2012
We examine the work experiences during middle school and high school of U.S. females and males and find that most of the child-oriented work such as babysitting and camp counseling is done by females. If the type of work undertaken while young affects either development of specific human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289934
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Do Babysitters Have More Kids? The Effects of Teenage Work Experiences on Adult Outcomes
Erdogan, Zeynep; Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Kooreman, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We examine the work experiences during middle school and high school of U.S. females and males and find that most of the child-oriented work such as babysitting and camp counseling is done by females. If the type of work undertaken while young affects either development of specific human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575486
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From Classroom to Wedding Aisle: The Effect of a Nationwide Change in the Compulsory Schooling Law on Age at First Marriage in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Adireksombat, Kampon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
first marriage for both genders, with the effect being much more statistically robust for men than women. The regression … approximately 3 years for men and almost 2 years for women. Given the compelling effect of the 1947 reform, it is likely that our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557226
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Bride Kidnapping and Labour Supply Behaviour of Married Kyrgyz Women
Arabsheibani, Reza; Kudebayeva, Alma; Mussurov, Altay - 2021
Using data from the 2011 and 2016 Life in Kyrgyzstan surveys, we examine Kyrgyz women's labour supply elasticities at … the extensive margin. We use Heckman's two-step approach to predict earnings for the non-participating women and then use … these predictions to estimate the participation equation. We find that women's labour supply decision is not influenced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498034
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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2014
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352219
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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform
Dias, Monica Costa; Meghir, Costas; Shaw, Jonathan - 2013
especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319448
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Youth Employment and Academic Performance: Production Functions and Policy Effects
Holford, Angus J. - 2016
We identify the effects of part-time employment, study time at home, and attitudes in school, in the production function for educational performance among UK teenagers in compulsory education. Our approach identifies the factors driving differences between the reduced form 'policy effect' of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524940
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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform
Blundell, Richard; Costa Dias, Monica; Meghir, Costas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658706