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The child penalty: Evidence from Spain
de Quinto, Alicia; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers'...
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Employment, partnership and childbearing decisions of German women and men: A simultaneous hazards approach
Niedergesäss, Markus - 2013
This paper investigates the interrelated dynamics of employment, cohabitation and fertility for German women and men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311596
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Domestic Violence, Employment and Divorce
Bowlus, Audra J.; Seitz, Shannon N. - 2002
. We then construct a sequential model of employment, marriage and abuse. The results indicate abuse is the primary factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940632
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Intermarriage and Immigrant Employment: The Role of Networks
Furtado, Delia; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2009
. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, we examine how and why marriage to a native, one measure of social assimilation, affects …, marriage to a native increases the probability that an immigrant is employed. An instrumental variables approach which exploits … variation in marriage market conditions suggests that the relationship between marriage decisions and employment rates is not …
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Covid-19 and the Employment Gender Gap
Shintaro, Yamaguchi; Kawaguchi, Daiji - 2021
This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected female employment in Japan. Our estimates indicate that the employment rate of married women with children decreased by 4 percentage points, while that of those without children decreased by only 1 percentage point, implying that increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532953
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262608
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Kinderbetreuung versus Kindergeld: sind mehr Geburten und höhere Beschäftigung möglich?
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 30, pp. 2-4
Die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie ist seit einiger Zeit eines der wichtigsten familienpolitischen Ziele. Zum einen, weil es Eltern, insbesondere Müttern, erleichtert werden soll, erwerbstätig zu sein. Zum anderen, weil die Hoffnung besteht, dass die Geburtenrate steigt, wenn berufliche...
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? Evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … fertility of the childless and highly educated women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269580
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? Evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … fertility of the childless and highly educated women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271140
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Employment, Wages, and Alcohol Consumption in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both cross sectional and fixed-effects models are estimated utilizing data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The results from the models that do not control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262815