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Overwork in spouse's degree field and the labor market outcomes of skilled women
McKinnish, Terra G. - 2019
This paper estimates the effect of overwork and underwork in husband's undergraduate degree field on the labor market outcomes of skilled married women using 2009-2015 ACS data. Overwork and underwork by degree field, respectively, are measured as the fraction of prime-aged men reporting 50 or...
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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Four Latin American countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
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Part-Time Work in EU Countries : Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
This paper looks at the role of part-time work in labour mobility for 11 European countries. We find some evidence of part-time work being used as a stepping stone into full-time employment, but for a small proportion of individuals (less than 5%). Part-time jobs are also found to be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318596
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Part-Time Work in EU Countries : Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
This paper looks at the role of part-time work in labour mobility for 11 European countries. We find some evidence of part-time work being used as a stepping stone into full-time employment, but for a small proportion of individuals (less than 5%). Part-time jobs are also found to be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318677
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Total work, gender and social norms
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2007
from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003634972
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Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
Burda, Michael C. - 2007
from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777094
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Are recruiters reluctant to hire parttime working men? : evidence from online labor market data
Kopp, Daniel - 2022 - This version: December 9, 2022
Part-time work is a popular way to reconcile work and family obligations. This study uses large-scale observational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468192
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Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, Maria; Ibarraran, Pablo; … - 2021
family long-term care (LTC) and female labor supply in four Latin American countries. Time-use survey data from Chile …, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women provide the vast majority of family LTC; (ii) consistently across … trends make this family provision of LTC unsustainable, increasing the need for policy action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227185
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Culture, policies and labor market outcomes
Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - 2009
We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling for a larger menu of policies, institutions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916573
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Economic crises and the added worker effect in the Turkish labor market
Değirmenci, Serkan; Ilkkaracan, İpek - 2013
Turkish economic growth has been characterized by periodic crises since financial liberalization reforms were enacted in the early 1990s. Given the phenomenally low female labor force participation rate in Turkey (one of the lowest in the world) and the limited scope of the country's...
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