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Öffentlich geförderte Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von Müttern
Rainer, Helmut; Auer, Wolfgang; Bauernschuster, Stefan; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 07, pp. 31-40
Die Förderung institutionalisierter Kinderbetreuung durch die öffentliche Hand ist eines der zentralen Elemente in der … aktuelle Forschungsstudie des ifo Instituts, die die Auswirkungen von öffentlich geförderter Kinderbetreuung für Familien mit …, zeigt, dass sich die öffentliche Kinderbetreuung positiv auf die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von Müttern auswirkt. Die Kosten …
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Firms’ Contribution to the Reconciliation between Work and Family
Evans, John M.; Callan, Samantha - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 4, pp. 08-12
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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...
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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Epstein, Gil S.; Kahana, Nava - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various components presented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate the phenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration. It emerges that the remittances sent by the emigrating parents might...
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Life expectancy and the environment.
Mariani, Fabio; Pérez-Barahona, Agustin; Raffin, Natacha - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2008
We present an OLG model in which life expectancy and environmental quality dynamics are jointly determined. Agents may invest in environmental quality, depending on how much they expect to live, but also in order to leave good environmental conditions to future generations. In turn,...
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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS) - 2011
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the abil-ity to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025183
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Early Childhood Stimulation Interventions in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...
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Intervenciones de estimulación infantil temprana en los países en vías de desarrollo: lo que funciona, por qué y para quién
Boo, Helen Baker-Henningham y Florencia López - In: Económica 60 (2014) January-December, pp. 120-186
This article reviews the effectiveness of 33 early childhood stimulation interventions in children 0-3 year-old in developing countries. The article explores the conditions under which these programs work, why and for what populations they have greater effectiveness. We conclude that the...
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Is There a Motherhood Wage Penalty in the Finnish Private Sector?
Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
mothers wage. Analysis of the reasons for the wage penalty associated with motherhood suggests that the loss of human capital … evidence that mothers selection into different types of firms than childless women may contribute to the wage penalty. Instead … differences in unobserved time-invariant individual characteristics between mothers and childless women seem to be unimportant in …
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Educational Production in Preschools and Schools - Microeconometric Evidence from Germany
Schlotter, Martin - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This study was prepared by Martin Schlotter while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Econcomics at the University of Munich in November 2011. It addresses the effects of different early...
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