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Effect of Labor Division between Wife and Husband on the Risk of Divorce: Evidence from German Data
Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
of divorce. Gary Becker’s theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively … breadwinner-couples have a substantially higher risk of divorce than male breadwinner-couples. In contrast, the equal division …
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Female labor supply and divorce: New evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; González, Libertad; Keane, Claire; … - 2010
If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an … prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or spatial variation in divorce legislation (e.g., across US states ….e., the legalization of divorce. In Ireland, the right to divorce was introduced in 1996, followed by an acceleration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269820
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Mommies' girls get dresses, daddies' boys get toys: Gender preferences in Poland and their implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - 2011
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets' Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility and mothers' labor market outcomes, we take advantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282479
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The disappearing gender gap: The impact of divorce, wages, and preferences on education choices and women's work
Fernández, Raquel; Wong, Joyce Cheng - 2011
find that the higher probability of divorce and the changes in wage structure faced by the 1955 cohort are each able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286870
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The Consequences of ?In-Work? Benefit Reform in Britain : New Evidence from Panel Data
Francesconi, Marco; van der Klaauw, Wilbert - 2004
In October 1999, the British government enacted the Working Families? Tax Credit, a generous tax credit aimed at encouraging work among low-income families with children. This paper uses longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 2001 to evaluate the effect of this reform on single mothers. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262000
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China: 1982 - 2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Lan, Chen; … - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269124
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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - 2014
Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333264
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Intra-household work timing: The effect on joint activities and the demand for child care
van Klaveren, Chris; Maassen van den Brink, Henriette; … - 2011
This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this studies identifies the timing of work hours that cannot be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278709
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The effects of children's ADHD on parents' relationship dissolution and labor supply
Kvist, Anette Primdal; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, … - 2011
This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282421
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The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Long-term Consequences of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Savings of European Households
Angelini, Viola; Bertoni, Marco; Stella, Luca; Weiss, … - 2016
By allowing people to obtain divorce without the consent of their spouse, Unilateral Divorce Laws (UDLs) increase the … risk of divorce. Using the staggered introduction of UDLs across European countries, we show that households exposed to … financial literacy, contributing to uncover the mechanisms through which the risk of divorce may affect savings. Our results are …
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