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Parental unemployment and children's school performance
Öster, Anna - 2006
secondary school. We control for family and individual heterogeneity by means of lower secondary school GPA. The huge variation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317923
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The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage marriage and births in Turkey
Kirdar, Murat G.; Tayfur, Meltem Dayıoğlu; Koç, İsmet - 2010
and fertility behavior of teenage women in Turkey using the 2008 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. We find that the … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274427
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Does the stork deliver happiness? Parenthood and life satisfaction
Baetschmann, Gregori; Staub, Kevin E.; Studer, Raphael - 2012
This paper examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction using longitudinal data on women from the … exploiting the extended longitudinal dimension of the panel to track self-reported life satisfaction of women eventually to … become mothers and of women eventually attaining a completed fertility of zero. We document that these groups' satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316940
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Television and divorce: Evidence from Brazilian Novelas
Chong, Alberto; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2009
-varying characteristics, the paper finds that the share of women who are separated or divorced increases significantly after the Globo signal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278275
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Unemployment: The silent epidemic
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2017
This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784685
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Unterhalt, Obsorge und Scheidungsanwälte: Eine ökonometrische Untersuchung der einvernehmlichen Scheidung in Österreich.
Halla, Martin - 2004
Im Jahr 2003 wurden 88,4% aller Scheidungen in Österreich im Einvernehmen geschieden. Die einvernehmliche Scheidung erfordert
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294550
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Bargaining at divorce: The allocation of custody
Atteneder, Christine; Halla, Martin - 2006
We model the bargaining process of parents over custody at the time of divorce. First we assume an institutional setting where only sole custody is available. In a second step we reform this institutional setting and introduce the possibility of joint custody. We show that some parents, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294586
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Divorce and the Excess Burden of Lawyers
Halla, Martin - 2007
We present a model where divorcing spouses can choose to hire lawyers in their divorce process. Spouses encounter incentives as in the classical prisoners' dilemma: Despite the zero sum nature of the game and the lawyers' fees, each spouse has an incentive to hire a lawyer. We propose a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294602
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Mario; Halla, Martin - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294851
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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous … divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family … organization of the family. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294893