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Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children
García, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; Montuenga, … - 2009
in childcare. In the framework of a general efficiency approach, hours spent on childcare by each parent are regressed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600841
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Experienced well-being and labor market status: The role of pleasure and meaning
Wolf, Tobias; Metzing, Maria; Lucas, Richard E. - 2019
This paper examines experienced well-being of employed and unemployed workers. We use the survey-adapted day reconstruction method (DRM) of the Innovation Sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP-IS) to analyze the role of the employment status for well-being, incorporating complete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041907
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Broadband internet, digital temptations, and sleep
Billari, Francesco C.; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2017
There is a growing concern that the widespread use of computers, mobile phones and other digital devices before bedtime disrupts our sleep with detrimental effects on our health and cognitive performance. High-speed Internet promotes the use of electronic devices, video games and Internet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748462
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Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children
García, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; Montuenga, … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
in childcare. In the framework of a general efficiency approach, hours spent on childcare by each parent are regressed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017367
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Retirement, intergenerational time transfers, and fertility
Eibich, Peter; Siedler, Thomas - 2020
Retired parents might invest time into their adult children by providing childcare. Such intergenerational time transfers can have important implications for family decisions. This paper estimates the effects of parental retirement on adult children's fertility. We use representative panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227042
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Do working hours affect health? Evidence from statutory workweek regulations in Germany
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Wunder, Christoph - 2018
This study estimates the causal effect of working hours on health. We deal with the endogeneity of working hours … through instrumental variables techniques. In particular, we exploit exogenous variation in working hours from statutory … regressions controlling for individual-specific unobserved heterogeneity. We find adverse consequences of increasing working hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852749
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Arbeitszeitrealitäten und Arbeitszeitwünsche in Deutschland: Methodische Unterschiede ihrer Erfassung im SOEP und Mikrozensus
Holst, Elke; Bringmann, Julia - 2016
There is renewed public debate in Germany on working hours and their regulation. Often studies using data from the … thus also underestimates the overall percentage of employed people with discrepancies in working hours. The SOEP does not … ask respondents specifically about desired working hours in relation to their employment in second jobs. To what extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531199
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The Added Worker Effect Differentiated by Gender and Partnership Status: Evidence from Involuntary Job Loss
Triebe, Doreen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
largest when a woman enters unemployment and is mainly driven by changes on the intensive margin (increase of hours). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199852
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Intensity of Time and Income Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty: Well-Being and Minimum 2DGAP ; German Evidence
Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdepend-ent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and income, which in particular restricts social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368427
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Fertility, Female Labor Supply, and Family Policy
Fehr, Hans; Ujhelyiova, Daniela - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
The present paper develops a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and endogenous fertility in order to analyze the interaction between public policy and household labor supply and fertility decisions. The model's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693470