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implemented. Using data from EU-SILC, the author finds that women, especially mothers, in STEM work more hours, but have a higher … probability of being out of the labour force. The estimation results show furthermore that women in STEM work less hours in … mathematics (STEM). To account for selection problems, a special type of grouping estimator and a control function approach are …
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We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on...
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Many countries face a continuing shortage in nurses' labour supply. Previous research suggests that nurses respond only weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model...
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Der Diskussion um neue Arbeitszeitarrangements und flexible Arbeitszeiten fehlt bislang die empirische Grundlage auf der Basis von personenbezogenen Mikrodaten. Gegenstand unserer Studie Arbeit ist es, Abweichungen vom Normalarbeitstag in zwei Dimensionen zu untersuchen: zum einen in der...
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Mit der zeitlichen Flexibilisierung der Arbeitsmärkte und dem damit verbundenen Rückzug des Normalarbeitstages treten neue Muster von Arbeitszeit auf. Auf Basis der deutschen Zeitbudgeterhebung 1991/92 sollen Arbeitszeiten von Selbständigen und abhängig Beschäftigten untersucht werden....
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Traditional welfare analyses based on money income needs to be broadened by its time dimension. In the course of time the traditional full-time work is diminishing and new labour arrangements are discussed (keyword: flexible labour markets). Our study is contributing to economic well-being by...
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This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women … assimilation of immigrants. Immigrant women narrow the labor supply gap with native-born women with time in the United States, and …
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work has been less studied than their division of unpaid work. This paper shows that women seldom work more than their … partner, but equal sharing is now increasing. Still, about half of all women spend less time than their partner on paid labour …. When the woman works most, the partner often has health problems, is unemployed or retired. Women with an untraditional …
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supportive of women's full-time work, Norwegian women still have one of the highest female part-time rates in Europe. Longer … working hours among women would clearly alleviate the lack of labour in many sectors of the economy, but this reserve may be …. Contrary to past research, we find that most women are satisfied with their full-time hours. Still, young children in the …
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part-time working women would switch to full time. In view of an ageing population and increased demand for labour in the … future, we investigate this issue by studying married and cohabiting women's transitions from part-time to full-time work … mothers, we find that young children in the household still restrain Norwegian women's mobility to full-time work. On the …
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