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Fertility treatments and the use of twin births as an instrument for fertility
Braakmann, Nils; Wildman, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Twin births are often used as an instrument for fertility in models investigating the impact of family size on labour … market and child outcomes. However, a large share of twin births (24% in our sample) are the result of fertility treatments … show that (a) mothers with and without fertility treatment are different, (b) twin births are still random after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260898
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Intergenerational Time Transfers and Internal Migration: Accounting for Low Spatial Mobility in Southern Europe
Mendez, Ildefonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
private childcare services is more e¤ective in increasing women�s employment, fertility and inter-regional migration rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616725
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The quantitative role of child care for female labor force participation and fertility
Bick, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
barrier to participate in the labor market and depresses fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147704
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The quantitative role of child care for female labor force participation and fertility
Bick, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
constitutes indeed for some females a barrier to participate in the labor market and depresses fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674269
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Gender differences in the distribution of total work-time of Latin- American families: the importance of social norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196658
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The Effect of Recreational Goods Price on Fertility
Yukawa, Shiho - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In recent years, changes in women's lifestyles, and a decline in recreation goods price due to technological progress have been observed in Japan. In this paper, we use Japanese household micro data and examine the effect of recreation goods price on child birth in Japan. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260850
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Wage premium of fatherhood and labor supply in Japan
Yukawa, Shiho - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Using data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers (JPSC)1994-2006, we examine the effect of child birth on fathers’ wage rates and labor supply in Japan. We also compare effects of fatherhood among different cohorts by dividing the JPSC sample into two birth year cohorts (born in or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283801
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Education as a precautionary asset
Cipollone, Angela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
By using data from the latest wave of the Indonesia Life Family Survey, the present work investigates whether and to which extent child time allocation depends on the joint impact of liquidity constraints and risk attitudes. We employ a double selection model of school hours, by adding time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367985
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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The Effects of Single Mothers' Welfare Participation and Work Decisions on Children's Attainments
Ozturk, Orgul; Chyi, hau - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This research examines the effects of mothers' welfare and work decisions on their children's attainments using a random effect instrumental variables (REIV) estimator. The estimator employs sibling comparisons in a random effect framework and an instrumental variables approach to address the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103407