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Renteneintritt und Hausarbeit
Stich, David; Hess, Moritz - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper investigates how the retirement of one spouse affects the division of household labor in couples. Two streams of theory can be found explaining the division of household labor. The economic theories predict that the spouse - women or men - how earns less money on the labor market will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896220
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The effect of housework on wages in Germany : no impact at all
Hirsch, Boris; Konietzko, Thorsten - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 2, pp. 103-118
"This paper presents evidence on the impact of hours spent on housework activities on individuals' wages for Germany … international literature, we find no negative effect of housework on wages. This holds for men and women, for married and single … individuals, and for part-time and full-time workers both in West and East Germany. Our insights do not change when we distinguish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731982
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The effect of housework on wages in Germany : no impact at all
Hirsch, Boris; Konietzko, Thorsten - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 2, pp. 103-118
"This paper presents evidence on the impact of hours spent on housework activities on individuals' wages for Germany … international literature, we find no negative effect of housework on wages. This holds for men and women, for married and single … individuals, and for part-time and full-time workers both in West and East Germany. Our insights do not change when we distinguish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691304
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Gender effect on housework allocation: Evidence from Spanish two-earner couples
Álvarez, Begoña; Miles, Daniel - In: Journal of Population Economics 16 (2003) 2, pp. 227-242
In this paper we study the reasons behind the asymmetric distribution of housework within Spanish two-earner couples …. Spouses' housework times are estimated jointly in a bivariate framework using data from the 1991 Work Situation and Time Use … Survey. In order to understand the impact of gender-specific factors on the observed allocation of housework, we perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622301
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WP 55 - Part-time employment: A comparative analysis of Spain and the Netherlands
Cuesta, Maite Blázquez; Martin, Nuria Ramos - Amsterdams Instituut voor ArbeidsStudies (AIAS), … - 2007
Most industrialized countries have seen part-time employment as a percentage of total employment increase in the last decade. This paper presents the results of a comparative study of part-time employment in Spain and the Netherlands. The project comprised a legal comparative study of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283526
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Part-time employment: a comparative analysis of Spain and the Netherlands
Cuesta, Maite; Martín, Nuria - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 28 (2009) 3, pp. 223-256
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527110
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Gender Budgeting
Stotsky, Janet Gale - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Women are disadvantaged relative to men, according to key economic, social, and political measures of equality, but in many areas, such as education, differences are narrowing. The concept of externalities underlies the arguments for including gender considerations in budget programs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826086
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The effect of housework on wages in Germany: No impact at all
Hirsch, Boris; Konietzko, Thorsten - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper presents evidence on the impact of hours spent on housework activities on individuals' wages for Germany … international literature, we find no negative effect of housework on wages. This holds for men and women, for married and single … individuals, and for part-time and full-time workers both in West and East Germany. Our insights do not change when we distinguish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372138
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Maternal Labor Market Return, Parental Leave Policies, and Gender Inequality in Housework
Schober, Pia S. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
return affect the division of housework in couples after a birth. By observing several parental leave policy reforms in … Britain and West-Germany, this research also explores how extended leave entitlements for mothers influence the division of … housework. The analysis uses multilevel multiprocess models for 1220 birth events of British couples and 1785 births to German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401164
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Restacking the deck: Family policy and women's fall-back position in Germany before and after unification
Duggan, Lynn - In: Feminist Economics 1 (1995) 1, pp. 175-194
into the labor force through programs such as free public child care and liberal maternity leave. West Germany based its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484788