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Trading off or having it all? Completed fertility and mid-career earnings of Swedish men and women
Boschini, Anne; Håkanson, Christina; Rosén, Åsa; … - 2011
Earnings in mid-career and children are two fundamental outcomes of the life-choices of men and women. Both require time and other resources and reflect the accumulated priorities of individuals and couples. We explore how these outcomes have changed for Swedish men and women born 1945-1962 by...
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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries
Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009
This Working Paper investigates the possible link between gender inequalities in the labour market and significant … Latin American countries. We consider four aspects of gender inequalities: differences in labour market participation … of gender equality, especially an increase in women?s access to the labour market, in bringing about a reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293303
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The Effect of a Student Aid Reform on Graduation: A Duration Analysis
Häkkinen, Iida; Uusitalo, Roope - 2003
In this paper we evaluate the changes in the times-to-degree at the Finnish universities in the 1990s. In particular, we evaluate the effect of the 1992 student aid reform that was intended to shorten the duration of university studies. We find that the student aid reform had only a modest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321561
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Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? : A Cross-National Perspective on Gender Income Mobility
Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2003
We compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the United States using the GSOEP-PSID Cross-National Equivalent File. Our main interest is to test whether a glass ceiling exists for women. Conventional thinking about the glass ceiling highlights the belief that the...
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Working while enrolled in a university: Does it pay?
Häkkinen, Iida - 2004
Working while studying at university increases the time-to-degree and may interfere with learning, but the acquired work experience may also improve employment opportunities and increase wages after the graduation. This study examines how university students' employment decisions affect their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321527
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Do Austrian Men and Women Become more Equal? At Least in Terms of Labor Supply!
Wernhart, Georg; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
We study the development of wage elasticity of labor supply for Austrian men and women over time using comparable and representative survey data for the 1980s and 1990s. The elasticity of men is relatively low and constant over time, similar to the behavior of single women. Most remarkable is...
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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?
Wiklund, Fredrik - 1999
Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job? This paper addresses that question using the 1991 wave of the Level of Living Survey. The results suggest that men who experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321796
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Male vs. female guest-worker migration: Does it matter for fertility in the source country?
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women work abroad during the same time period when they can bear...
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Deciding to decide: gender, leadership and risk-taking in groups
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Yigit - 2010
Being the leader in a group often involves making risky decisions that affect the payoffs of all members, and the decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In this paper, we experimentally study: (1) the willingness of men and women to make risky decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274088
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Gender segregation in the workplace and wage gaps: Evidence from urban Mexico 1994 - 2004
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo - 2008
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278216