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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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maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina are affected by the preschool attendance of their children. Using pooled household … preschool attendance of the youngest child in the household increases the probability of full-time employment and weekly hours … the youngest in the household. -- female labor supply ; Argentina ; regression-discontinuity ; kindergarten …
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-2002, we instrument the endogenous variation in the labor market outcomes of household heads using the collapse of the …
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In this paper, we estimate the impact on female labor force participation of a massive conditional cash transfer program-Universal Child Allowance, AUH-launched in Argentina in 2009. We identify the intention-to-treat effect by comparing eligible and non-eligible women over time through a...
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A child’s disability increases childcare demands causing two opposing effects on the mother’s labor supply: while some types of disability require additional time spent reducing labor supply, othersrequire additional expenses increasing labor supply. This paper studies the effect of a...
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's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the … labor supply of other household members. However, it increases the likelihood of spouses to switch to informal and …
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We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between 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...
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Are two parents and single parents allocating household resources to children in the same way? Which factors affect … intra-household inequality? Do mothers re-distribute more income to children as they are more empowered? We focus on child …) we analyze intra-household behavior over three different socio-economic contexts. We estimate a collective quadratic …
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