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Individualism vs. collectivism : how inherited cultural values affect labor market outcomes of second generation immigrants in the US

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2017

The labor market performance of second generation immigrants is a crucial determinant of integration. Labor market returns to their different cultural traits, however, have been rarely researched within the economic literature. This study provides insight on the link between the level of...

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Social norms and mothers’ labor market attachment : the medium-run effects of parental benefits

Kluve, Jochen; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2014

Increasing mothers’ labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smoothing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...

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Labor market effects of minimum wage shocks

Micheli, Martin - 2019

The theoretical literature argues that labor markets outcomes are affected by real minimum wages. Real minimum wages, however, co-move with the business cycle; their correlation with labor market outcomes should therefore not be interpreted causally. We employ structural vector autoregression to...

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Heterogeneous preferences, spousal interaction, and couples' time-use

Balleer, Almut; Merz, Monika; Papp, Tamás K. - 2024

Lohnveränderungen für die Zeitverwendung und das Arbeitsangebot von Paaren. Wir stellen ein Zeitverwendungsmodell auf, das wir anhand …

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Household labor supply and Home services in a general-equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents

Bredemeier, Christian (contributor); … - 2009

We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative constancy of other groups' hours are optimal reactions to...

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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification

Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...

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Job characteristics and labour supply

Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2013

Arbeitsauslastung auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot lassen sich dadurch sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch in einem konsistenten …

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Husband’s unemployment and wife’s labor supply : the added worker effect across Europe

Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Rulff, Christian - 2014

This paper investigates the responsiveness of women’s labor supply to their husband’s loss of employment – the so-called added worker effect. While previous empirical literature on this topic mainly concentrates on a single country, we take an explicit internationally comparative...

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In good company : neighborhood quality and female employment

Bechara, Peggy; Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2015

, wird in diesem Papier der Einfluss der Nachbarschaft auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot von Frauen untersucht. Aufgrund … mit Nachbarschaftsattributen korreliert ist. Während das extensive Arbeitsangebot besonders stark mit der … durchschnittlichen Beschäftigungsquote von Frauen korreliert ist, wird das intensive Arbeitsangebot durch den Anteil der …

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The intra-household division of labor : an empirical analysis of spousal Influences on individual time allocation

Bredtmann, Julia - 2010

Männern und Frauen. Während das Arbeitsangebot von Männern unabhängig von der Zeitallokation der Partnerin ist, passen Frauen … ihr Arbeitsangebot an das ihres Partners an. …

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