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We examine the work experiences during middle school and high school of U.S. females and males and find that most of the child-oriented work such as babysitting and camp counseling is done by females. If the type of work undertaken while young affects either development of specific human capital...
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The analysis of women labour supply in France and Japan is conducted over the period 1992-2007 from comparable … employment surveys. Labour supply of Japanese women is more dependent on the spouse?s employment and income situation than those … of French women although this dependency tends to weaken during the period. Several reforms regarding family policy and …
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The labour force participation rate of married women varies considerably between the European countries. There may be … calculate for each of the countries the hypothetical part time and full time participation rates of married women if the … that the design of the tax scheme is highly important for the economic incentives that married women face and their …
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women into three components: voluntary, classical (due to minimum wage) and "other" (a residual category). …
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This paper provides a full analysis of the transformation of the female labor market in Taiwan between 1979 and 1994. The authors emphasize the role of education, in relation both to the impressive increase in educational attainment and to its rising return on the labor market.
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1980 Women in Employment Survey) finds significant sample selection bias for women in full-time jobs. Part of the observed … differential between the hourly pay of full-timers and part-timers arises because of self-selection of women who can command higher … remunerated at a lower rate in part-time than in full-time employment. Thus, the larger proportion of women than men in part …
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