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Household responses to individual shocks : disability and labor supply
Gallipoli, Giovanni; Turner, Laura - 2009
idiosyncratic shocks are experienced at the individual level, but responses to shocks can encompass the whole household …. Understanding and accurately modeling these responses is essential to the analysis of intra-household allocations, especially labor … disability and health status to develop a life-cycle framework which rationalizes observed responses of household members to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824514
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Conditional cash transfers for women and spousal violence : evidence of the long-term relationship from the Oportunidades program in Rural Mexico
Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Castro, Roberto; Morales, Juan S. - 2015
This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program. It uses data from three nationally representative surveys that include detailed information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats...
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Quantifying domestic violence in times of crisis
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Siudae, Fabian - 2020
Recent contributions using police recorded calls-for-service and/or crime data to estimate impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on the incidence of domestic violence (DV) have reported relatively modest effects. This may reflect a low reporting-propensity, exacerbated by the lockdown measures....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012284751
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153189
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Household responses to trade shocks
Irastorza-Fadrique, Aitor; Levell, Peter; Parey, Matthias - 2024
We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales. We document both the direct employment changes of individuals affected by trade exposure, as well as the employment response of individuals whose partner is exposed to trade. We...
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Economic determinants of intimate partner violence : the case of Sweden during Covid-19
Perrotta Berlin, Maria; Gerrell, Manne - 2022
We document an increase in intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Sweden during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, notwithstanding the famously lasseiz-faire approach taken by the coutry. We investigate the role of different mediating factors, affected by the pandemic, by the...
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Household responses to trade shocks
Irastorza-Fadrique, Aitor; Levell, Peter; Parey, Matthias - 2023
against lost household earnings by increasing labour supply. We find that both own and partner responses to the shock vary … investigating household responses, and the self-employment margin, to fully understand the effects of trade shocks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014373391
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Abortion and female power in the household : evidence from labor supply
Oreffice, Sonia - 2003
abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the legalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591311
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Household Finance and Consumption Survey : a comparison of the main results for Malta with the euro area
Attard, Silvio; Deguara, Warren; Antonaroli, Valentina - 2020
This paper compares the main findings from the third wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2016 the median Maltese household held more real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253036
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Household Finance and Consumption Survey in Malta : main results from the fourth wave
Antonaroli, Valentina; Deguara, Warren; Muscat, Aleandra - 2023
This article summarizes the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS …. The HFCS provides household-level data on assets, liabilities, wealth and income. As such, it plays an important role in … macro statistics. The results also provide a glimpse of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household balance sheets and …
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