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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long pre-birth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754606
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Causal Effects on Employment after First Birth : A Dynamic Treatment Approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2013
especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long pre-birth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080143
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Causal Effects on Employment after First Birth – A Dynamic Treatment Approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014150717
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Causal Effects on Employment after First Birth – A Dynamic Treatment Approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038432
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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013
The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787345
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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013
The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781972
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Neonatal Health of Parents and Cognitive Development of Children
Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2018
This paper documents a strong relationship between birth endowments of parents and the cognitive development of their … children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the … association between the child’s own birth weight and test scores (both in univariate and multivariate settings). We find a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116758
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Fertility and its consequence on family labour supply
Jungho Kim (contributor); Aassve, Arnstein (contributor) - 2006
While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333106
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Time to work or time to play : the effect of student employment on homework, sleep, and screen time
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2009
We use detailed time-diary information on high school students' daily activities from the 2003-2008 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) to investigate the effects of employment on the time a student spends on homework and other major activities. Time-diary data are more detailed and accurate than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932167
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Raising juveniles
Bell, Clive; Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik T. - 2010
This paper investigates how families make decisions about the education of juveniles. The decision problem is analyzed in three variations: a 'decentralized' scheme, in which the parents control the purse-strings, but the children dispose of their time as they see fit; a 'hierarchical' scheme,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985749