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This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational income persistence in the U.S. I develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where lifetime income endogenously persists across generations through multiple channels. My model...
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The Canadian labour market is currently emerging from a holding pattern with unusually high numbers in temporary (or "recall") unemployment, those "employed but absent from work" for unspecified reasons, or not in the labour force while waiting to be recalled. Two encouraging signs are evident....
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children. We estimate differences in the time that immigrant and Canadian-born parents allocate to child-care activities … by parents with respect to familial resources, an important part of which regard the time spent in the company of … care-time parents provide for their children, we do find significant differences - by immigrant status - in time …
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We provide evidence on household and market production in 36 countries since 1960. On average the household sector accounts for almost half of total hours worked. As GDP per capita increases, the employment share of household production in total hours worked initially declines and then hardly...
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The continued rise in overall cancer survival rates has ignited a field of research which examines the effect that cancer has on survivors' employment. Previous estimates of the effect of cancer on labour market outcomes, using U.S. data, show a significant reduction in employment and hours of...
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childcare provision. First, using novel data on local daycare coverage and a difference-in-differences design, we show that … positive impacts on maternal labor supply and childcare use are greater in areas with larger daycare expansion, suggesting that … childcare availability, not just affordability, drives these responses. We then estimate the policy's Marginal Value of Public …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
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