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Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
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Diversity in gender identity and sexual orientation challenges traditional institutions, social norms, and gendered stereotypes. This may translate into greater levels of conflict in s ociety. Using data from 95 middle and high schools in Uruguay, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the...
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We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply by exploiting the design of the French workweek reduction, which introduced exogenous variation in one's spouse's labor supply, at constant earnings. Treated employees work on average two hours less per week. Husbands of treated women respond by...
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The economic progress of U.S. men has stagnated in recent decades, with declining labor force participation and weak … growth in real earnings, particularly for less educated and non-white men. In this paper, we illuminate the broader context … in which prime-age men are experiencing economic stagnation. We explore changes for prime-age men over time in education …
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probabilities of gains and losses relatively more optimistically. Men’s probability weights are not responsive to mood state. We … find that the application of a mechanical decision criterion, such as the maximization of expected value, immunizes men …
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This paper investigates the influence of parental education on the returns to experience of Italian men using a new …
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