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Child-specific son preference, birth order and cognitive skills in early childhood
Ebert, Cara; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2019
We propose an innovative child-specific measure of son preference. It allows to explicitly address birth order and sex composition effects. We first establish that, when using this child-specific measure, son preference is more common among later born children and in families with fewer sons. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037957
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Entitled to property : how breaking the gender barrier improves child health in India
Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023
Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286503
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Gender differences in adolescents' socioemotional development and their later economic consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471323
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Gender Differences in Adolescents' Socioemotional Development and Their Later Economic Consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296540
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Gender Differences in Adolescents' Socioemotional Development and Their Later Economic Consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240562
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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287686
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Expanding social protection in developing countries: A gender perspective
Antonopoulos, Rania - 2013
opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318669
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Earmarked Paternity Leave and the Relative Income within Couples
Druedahl, Jeppe; Ejrnæs, Mette; Jørgensen, Thomas H. - 2019
We study the causal link between earmarked paternity leave policies and the relative income share of women within couples. We utilize high quality administrative longitudinal register data for the universe of Danish individuals with a reform in 1998, which increased the earmarked paternity leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202232
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Child-specific son preference, birth order and cognitive skills in early childhood
Ebert, Cara Luisa; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2019
We propose an innovative child-specific measure of son preference. It allows to explicitly address birth order and sex composition effects. We first establish that, when using this child-specific measure, son preference is more common among later born children and in families with fewer sons. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037991
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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke; Santos Silva, Manuel; … - 2019
We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984627