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This paper provides a full analysis of the transformation of the female labor market in Taiwan between 1979 and 1994. The authors emphasize the role of education, in relation both to the impressive increase in educational attainment and to its rising return on the labor market.
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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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Substantial research has been devoted to the estimation and explanation of the gender wage gap. The effects of work … penalty associated with part-time employment in Belgium. Given the fact that women remain the primary caregivers, almost …-time and full-time work for a sample of women only. Based on our results, we advance explanations related to human capital and …
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Substantial research has been devoted to the estimation and explanation of the gender wage gap. The effects of work … penalty associated with part-time employment in Belgium. Given the fact that women remain the primary caregivers, almost …-time and full-time work for a sample of women only. Based on our results, we advance explanations related to human capital and …
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Universal parental leaves with job protection and earnings compensation increase women’s attachment to the labour … women’s labour supply of long parental leaves by policies targeted especially at the father, and policies making formal day … latest initiatives have contributed to a shortening of women’s employment interruptions and a more equal division of paid and …
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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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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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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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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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