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Women`s transitions in the labour market: A competing risks analysis on German panel data
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 287-300
This paper analyses the transitions between the three states of non-employment, part-time and full-time work of a sample of married women living in West Germany. The questions addressed concern the dynamics of women`s labour market transitions and the association of the probability of transition...
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The effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children
Kalwij, Adriaan S. - In: Journal of Population Economics 13 (2000) 2, pp. 221-239
The main concern of this paper is to analyze the effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children in households in the Netherlands. For this purpose a hurdle count data model is formulated and estimated by the generalized method of moments. The hurdle takes explicitly...
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The demand for children in Arab countries: Evidence from panel and count data models
Al-Qudsi, Sulayman - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 3, pp. 435-452
This paper provides empirical evidence on fertility determinants in Arab countries. Adopting a macro and micro … differentiated fertility and that female education mitigates high fertility. Child mortality and parent`s preferences for sons … positively affect fertility. By and large, demand for children is price and income inelastic. …
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A note on the changing relationship between fertility and female employment rates in developed countries
Mira, Pedro; Ahn, Namkee - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 4, pp. 667-682
In this paper we look at a panel of OECD aggregate fertility and labor market data between 1970 and 1995 and we report … some striking recent developments. Total Fertility Rates (TFR) were falling and Female Participation Rates (FPR) were … framework of standard neoclassical models of fertility and labor supply adapted to macro data, as in Butz and Ward (1979). …
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The opportunity costs of childbearing: More than mothers' business
Joshi, Heather - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 2, pp. 161-183
. The emphasis on women`s employment as a determinant of low fertility has to be supplemented by an examination of the …
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Wages, taxes and publicly provided day care
Ohlsson, Henry; Lundholm, Michael - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 2, pp. 185-204
Public employment growth has been parallelled by increased female labour force participation, while real wages for typical female public sector occupations have not increased. In a theoretical model we, first, show that there is a tradeoff between day care provision and gross wages for...
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Adieu Rabenmutter—culture, fertility, female labour supply, the gender wage gap and childcare
Borck, Rainald - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 3, pp. 739-765
This paper studies the effect of cultural attitudes on childcare provision, fertility, female labour supply and the … gender wage gap. Cross-country data show that fertility, female labour force participation and childcare provision are … paper presents a model with endogenous fertility, female labour supply and childcare choices driven by cultural attitudes …
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Gender effect on housework allocation: Evidence from Spanish two-earner couples
Álvarez, Begoña; Miles, Daniel - In: Journal of Population Economics 16 (2003) 2, pp. 227-242
In this paper we study the reasons behind the asymmetric distribution of housework within Spanish two-earner couples. Spouses' housework times are estimated jointly in a bivariate framework using data from the 1991 Work Situation and Time Use Survey. In order to understand the impact of...
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Long run opportunity-costs of children according to education of the mother in the Netherlands
Dankmeyer, Ben - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 349-361
Children claim a large part of the parents` potential resources, particularly their time. Direct time costs arise through the time spent out of the labour force while the children are small, indirect costs are the result of lower investment into human capital. It is demonstrated in this paper...
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Time for children: A study of parent's time allocation
Hallberg, Daniel; Klevmarken, Anders - In: Journal of Population Economics 16 (2003) 2, pp. 205-226
The trade-off between parents' time with their own kids and market work, and its dependence on out-of-home day care is analyzed in a simultaneous equation framework. Economic incentives primarily work through decisions about market work, while the direct effects on time with children are weak....
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