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-specific labor market segregation and dimensions of the household and family to the model allows more than two-thirds of the gender …Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present … differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in …
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The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990. Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
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increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these …
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The potential economic outcomes resulting from a flat rate of income tax have been the subject of an ongoing academic and political debate. Many observers have suggested that the introduction of a flat tax would be beneficial for a country’s economy, having a positive influence on the labor...
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The potential economic outcomes resulting from a flat rate of income tax have been the subject of an ongoing academic and political debate. Many observers have suggested that the introduction of a flat tax would be beneficial for a country’s economy, having a positive influence on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143959
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
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the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical … regions, consistent with complementarity in spouses' leisure in the US versus substitution in spouses' household production in …
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This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … employment in non-leadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results … who specialized in household production, with no market work. Only women who were unemployed reported lower levels of life …
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Changing employment conditions lead to new chances, but also new risks for employees. In the literature, increasing … positions differ in their perceived work-to-family conflicts (WFC), considering the mediating role of gender specific job …
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This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes …. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, that is, locus of control. Overall gender differences were more pronounced in …
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