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The participation rate of women in the labor market shows a sizeable variation across countries and across time. Following studies conducted for North America, this section tests the hypothesis whether, next to structural conditions, cultural norms with regard to existing role models within...
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fertility among minor women, aged 21 or younger, for whom access restrictions were most drastically lifted. We then evaluate how … examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …
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conservative areas were more likely to delay fertility/marriage and to accumulate human capital in the long run. We then show how …
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extent they, in turn, materialize into fertility decisions. We also test the hypothesis that exposure to gender … impact of gender beliefs on fertility. Our empirical analysis is based on World Value Survey (WVS) data for five Muslim ex … turn, do not translate into higher fertility in Muslim ex-USSR Republics, while the opposite holds for other Muslim …
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We study the effect of residential segregation on fertility for the socially excluded and marginalized Roma ethnic … minority. Using original survey data we collected in Serbia, we investigate whether fertility differs between ethnically …
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The paper explores the relationship between religiosity and fertility among Catholics in Spain, thereby answering the … question whether the two parallel trends of dramatic drops in fertility and in religiosity are inter-related. It looks at … (intensity) of religiosity (rather than religious affiliation) on fertility. Fertility is related to the various dimensions of …
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The role of women in the ritual of many religions changed dramatically at the end of the 20th century, to the point where full participation by women was the norm by 2000 rather than the rarity that it had been 30 years earlier. This paper considers some aspects of the economic context that help...
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This study presents an evolutionary process of secularization that integrates a theoretical model, simulations, and an empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II - ISSP, 1998). Following Bisin and Verdier (2000,...
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fertility among minor women, aged 21 or younger, for whom access restrictions were most drastically lifted. We then evaluate how … examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797237
conservative areas were more likely to delay fertility/marriage and to accumulate human capital in the long run. We then show how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296795