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Should common law marriage be abolished?

Grossbard, Shoshana - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and some other countries also have several types of...

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Family structure and children’s educational attainment in transition economies

Mangiavacchi, Lucia - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for … non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also negatively affected children’s education … focus on education and for monitoring of the schooling progress of children in special family circumstances. …

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Parental leave and maternal labor supply

Kunze, Astrid - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated by the firm, as in the US, or more generous and universal leave mandated by...

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Parental leave and maternal labor supply

Kunze, Astrid - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)

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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 22% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 21% and 17% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 17%. Thus, the gender pay...

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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)

Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 18% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 17% and 10% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 14%. Interestingly, the...

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Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries

Pignatti, Norberto - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Increasing women’s labor force participation is important to sustainable economic development, especially in economies with highly educated women and an aging population. Women’s participation varies across transition countries, driven by such economic and social factors as traditional views...

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Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation

Patrinos, Harry Anthony - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

The Mincer equation—arguably the most widely used in empirical work—can be used to explain a host of economic, and even non-economic, phenomena. One such application involves explaining (and estimating) employment earnings as a function of schooling and labor market experience. The Mincer...

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Policies to support women’s paid work

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

improve children’s well-being. …

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