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Efficient Labor Supply for Latin Families : Is the Intra-Household Bargaining Power Relevant?
Campaña, Juan - 2018
the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions …
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Husbands' and wives' diverging perceptions on who decides
Schwefer, Maximilian; Poutvaara, Panu - 2018
An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...
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Sex-ratios and work in Latin American households : evidence from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Chile
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 30 (2021), pp. 1-25
We analyze the relationship between sex-ratios in the region of residence, and the time devoted to paid and unpaid work by couples in Mexico (2002, 2009, 2014), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012), Colombia (2012, 2017) and Chile (2015). We find that sex-ratios are negatively related to the time devoted...
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Body-weight and women's hours of work : more evidence that marriage markets matter
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2017
Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets. To the extent that it is associated with lower prospects of being in couple and obtaining intra-couple transfers, we expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply...
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal
Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017
the collective household model, we examine the possibility that men within couples use polygyny as a threat to influence …
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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women : as immigration lowers childcare and housework costs, nativie-born women alter their work and fertility decisions
Furtado, Delia - 2015
affected by the difficulty of combining work and family. New research suggests immigration lowers the cost of household …
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Time allocation of daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in India : the role of education as bargaining power
Bhattacharya, Leena - 2023
allocates more time to paid work and less time to household production. The effect is evident for the daughters-in-law who co …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household … household production. Heterogeneity in results is observed by socio-religious groups and by the extent of patriarchy in the …
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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952941
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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144690
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Abortion and Female Power in the Household Evidence from Labor Supply
Oreffice, Sonia - 2003
abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … effect of abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the … households that were already formed before the legalization and I test for the renegotiation of the household's initial contract …
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