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threatened by immigration. Less attention is given to effects on prices of goods and services. The effect on childcare prices is … particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …
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-low fertility and female labor force participation rates. This paper analyzes the effects of a large-scale provision of publicly …-targeting of this child-care expansion, our estimates show that the policy led to a sizable increase in employment (8%), and hours …
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In 2007, seeking to increase female labor force participation and more generally ease burdens on working women, the Mexican government introduced an enormous expansion of a child care program: Estancias Infantiles para Apoyar a Madres Trabajadoras (EI). EI covers 90 percent approximately of the...
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fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
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Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
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main outcomes of young adults, namely labor market attachment and fertility, and its relation to orphanhood status. The … key outcomes (e.g. schooling, work, fertility outcomes). It also provides information on so-called parental investments … educational achievements, but that it may also leave a long-lasting imprint in terms of employment and fertility patterns. …
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-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …
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-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …
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-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960827
1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time and part-time work …
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