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' house). Consequently, the father's relocation to a more distant location following the divorce may shelter the child from … married households in Norway in the years 1975-1979 whose parents divorce during his or her childhood. We observe the … proximity of the child to his or her father in each year following the divorce and link proximity to children's educational and …
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possible channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using...
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Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...
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While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
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Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...
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We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
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The Demographic Research Institute of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office launched a birth cohort study entitled 'Growing Up in Hungary - Cohort '18', which follows children born in Hungary in 2018 and 2019 on a large nationally representative sample. The main objective of the research...
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are evolving to encourage both parents to maintain contact with their children following parental separation/divorce …
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Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … evidence for an impact of joint custody on divorce rates. In sum, joint custody has increased the stock of married people and …
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