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Divorce and the birth control pill
MARCÉN, MIRIAM - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418496
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Youth unemployment and employment policy: a global perspective
O'Higgins, Niall - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
This study discusses in depth the youth unemployment "problem" and examines the various policy responses to it …, While analysing the characteristics, causes and consequences of youth unemployment, the study explores the nature of the … youth labour market and how it differs from the labour market for other workers. It looks at minimum wages, as well as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534281
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Unintended Consequences of Childcare Regulation in Chile: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Villena, Mauricio G.; Sanchez, Rafael; Rojas, Eugenio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In several countries governments fund childcare provision, but in many others it is privately funded as labour regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this latter case, there is no empirical evidence on the effects generated by the financial burden of childcare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186477
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Family Planning Policy in China: Measurement and Impact on Fertility
Wang, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The extent to which China's family planning policy has driven its fertility transition over the past decades is debatable. The disagreement is partly sourced from the different ways of measuring the policy. Most existing measures, constructed on the policy history, generally, do not include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108099
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Young employment in Spain: From the blockade of the labour market to the Youth Guarantee
Malo, Miguel; Cueto, Begoña - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
(especially those with low educational level), we review the policies targeted to this group, especially the Youth Guarantee. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110126
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Is the fertility response to the Australian baby bonus heterogeneous across maternal age? Evidence from Victoria.
Sinclair, Sarah; Boymal, Jonathan; Silva, Ashton J de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The Australian baby bonus, offering parents $3,000 on the birth of a child, was announced on May 11 2004. The focus of this paper is to analyse the response to the policy across maternal age levels in order to separate policy effects from prevailing demographic trends such as recuperation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111316
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A numerical model of Philippine population growth: child policy, quantitative insights and challenges
Talabis, Dylan Antonio; Manay, Erick Justine; Babierra, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The study investigates the effect of imposing an n-child policy by forecasting the population of the Philippines using a discrete age-structured compartmental model. Based on the results of the projection, a policy promoting a maximum of two children per couple leads to a transient stabilization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113041
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The determinants of fertility in southeast and south Asian countries: an analysis of panel data
Teguh, Dartanto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The fertility rate in Southeast and South Asia is relatively high compared to other region in the world, but the trend tends to decrease rapidly. This paper aims to quantitatively explore the factors influencing fertility rate in Southeast and South Asia by applying econometric model of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113284
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Human capital and the probability of divorce
zax, ori - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Concern about the high poverty rates experienced by children in female-headed households has led to policies aimed at increasing these households' income. In this paper we present a model that analyzes decisions made before and during marriage to invest in the human capital of parents and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113853
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The Role of Partnership Status and Expectations on the Emancipation Behaviour of Spanish Graduates
Mendez, Ildefonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Leaving the nest in Southern Europe, and to a lesser extend in other countries, is a decision taken simultaneously by two young adults who form a new household. However, nothing is known about the e¤ect of partnership status on children�s eman- cipation since conventional datasets do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836332