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occurrence of twins is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence that challenges this premise. Using individual data … implies that estimates of impacts of fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to … instrument fertility will tend to be downward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that these relationships are …
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of … or fertility patterns. Descriptive evidence suggests that the stronger involvement of fathers, incentivized by the "daddy …
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Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of … or fertility patterns. Descriptive evidence suggests that the stronger involvement of fathers, incentivized by the "daddy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155784
Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of … effect cannot be explained by changes in working hours, observed characteristics, changes in employer stability or fertility …
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in the determination of their wages. We demonstrate that treating intermittency as exogenous significantly overstates its …
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Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers’...
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
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