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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568812
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Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344852
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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345876
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When is the best time to give birth?
Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Pamminger, Christoph; … - 2014
Using Bayesian Markov chain clustering analysis we investigate career paths of Austrian women after their first birth. This data-driven method allows characterizing long-term career paths of mothers over up to 19 years by transitions between parental leave, non-employment and different forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346043
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Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2014
In this paper we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displace- ment on fertility in a sample of white … negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has. Fertility rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241304
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When is the best time to give birth?
Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Pamminger, Christoph; … - 2014
Using Bayesian Markov chain clustering analysis we investigate career paths of Austrian women after their first birth. This data-driven method allows characterizing long-term career paths of mothers over up to 19 years by transitions between parental leave, non-employment and different forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398779
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When is the best time to give birth?
Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Pamminger, Christoph; … - 2014
Using Bayesian Markov chain clustering analysis we investigate career paths of Austrian women after their first birth. This data-driven method allows characterizing long-term career paths of mothers over up to 19 years by transitions between parental leave, non-employment and different forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418164
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More schooling, more children? : compulsory schooling and fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2014
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431274
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Layoff tax and employment of the elderly
Schnalzenberger, Mario; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 16 (2009) 6, pp. 618-624
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929267
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Layoff tax and the employment of the elderly
Schnalzenberger, Mario; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
In 1996 Austria introduced a tax for the layoff of older workers, which was tightened in 2000. The regulation requires employers to pay a tax of up to 170 percent of the gross monthly income when they give notice to employees aged 50 or more. We use data from Austrian social security records to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239045