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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the populations in the receiving countries. This fact, combined with higher fertility rates and also a continued inflow of …
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Setting the scene: The mix of family policy objectives and packages across the OECD
Adema, Willem - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 3, pp. 487-498
Although changing in shape and form, families remain the cornerstone of society. Across the OECD Public policy supports families, but across countries the balance of underlying policy objectives can be different. For example, in some countries, family policy is largely driven by concerns about...
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Occupation and Fertility on the Frontier: Evidence from the State of Utah
Maloney, Thomas N.; Hanson, Heidi; Smith, Ken R. - Department of Economics, University of Utah - 2013
The United States in the 19th century was marked by initially quite high fertility levels but also by the onset of a … relatively early and steep decline in fertility. Most of what we know about these patterns in the US comes from aggregate … (typically county or state level) data. We provide new, micro-level evidence on patterns of fertility change in the US in the …
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Female Work and Fertility in the United States: Effects of Low-Skilled Immigrant Labor
Hock, Heinrich; Furtado, Delia - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2009
This paper examines the effects of low-skilled immigration on the work and fertility decisions of high-skilled women … decision making, we find that college-educated native females responded, on average, by increasing fertility and reducing short … fertility, as well as an increase in the proportion of women who both bore children and participated in the labor force. Taken …
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The Motherhood Wage Gap for Women in the United States: The Importance of College and Fertility Delay
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Kimmel, Jean - Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Government of Andalusia - 2004
) fertility delay enhances their earnings opportunities even further. …
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The Fertility of the Irish in the United States in 1910
Guinnane, Timothy W; Moehling, Carolyn M; Gráda, Cormac Ó - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2004
In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in …. This paper investigates these claims by examining the marital fertility of Irish Americans in 1900 and 1910. We find that … Irish fertility patterns did not survive the Atlantic crossing. The Irish in America had smaller families than couples in …
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Cheaper child care, more children
Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svalelryd, Helena - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651885
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The Fertility of the Irish in America in 1910
Guinnane, Timothy; Moehling, Carolyn; Grada, Cormac O - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2002
In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in … marriage remained stubbornly high into the twentieth century. Explanations of Ireland's late entry to the fertility transition … Irish outside of Ireland behaved the same way. This paper investigates these claims by examining the marital fertility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558477
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Influence of Valentine’s Day and Halloween on Birth Timing
Levy, Becca R.; Chung, Pil H.; Slade, Martin D. - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 8, pp. 1246-1248
It is known that cultural representations, in the form of stereotypes, can influence functional health. We predicted that the influence of cultural representations, in the form of salient holidays, would extend to birth timing. On Valentine’s Day, which conveys positive symbolism, there was a...
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
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