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Do alimony regulations matter inside marriage? : evidence from the 2008 reform of the German maintenance law
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for...
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How families matter for understanding economic inequality
Santos, Cézar; Tertilt, Michele - 2023
In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in principle be an amplifier or mitigator of economic inequality. We describe three channels on how families shape economic inequality. First, how people match to form families matters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546250
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Schooling, marriage, and childbearing in Madagascar
Glick, Peter J.; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313105
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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage … male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … one, they have the most to gain from divorcing and going back to the marriage market. This incentive becomes stronger if …
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Teen fertility and labor market segmentation : evidence from Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016 - Draft November, 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573597
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Can public policy increase paternity acknowledgement? : evidence from earnings-related parental leave
Raute, Anna; Weber, Andrea; Zudenkova, Galina - 2022
.e., between the extremes of marriage and single motherhood) to improve our understanding of potential risk groups among the rising … number of children growing up outside of marriage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168227
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Stylized facts about the quantity and quality of parental time investments on the skill formation of their children
Torres, Javier; Agüero, Jorge M. - 2017
children vis-à-vis home production. This paper finds that, similarly to higher-income countries, there is a positive education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661860
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Poverty and intra-household resource allocation in Surinamese households
Khadan, Jeetendra; Strobl, Eric; Tuffour, Theophiline - 2020
This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a bargaining model estimation framework that allows one to identify the allocation of resources across adult and children males and females. Our results using the Suriname...
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Mitigating coercive parenting through home visitations : the impacts of a parenting program targeted at vulnerable communities in Jamaica
De Simone, Francesco; Mejia, Camila; Martinez-Carrasco, … - 2022
Family violence is a critical development challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), carrying high health, social, and economic costs and increasing the risk of perpetuating the cycle of violence across generations. Parenting programs have improved parenting practices in high-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494611
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Reduciendo la crianza coercitiva a través de visitas al hogar : impactos de un programa de crianza dirigido a comunidades vulnerables de Jamaica
De Simone, Francesco; Mejia, Camila; Martinez-Carrasco, … - 2022
Family violence is a critical development challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), carrying high health, social, and economic costs and increasing the risk of perpetuating the cycle of violence across generations. Parenting programs have improved parenting practices in high-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494625