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Bargaining over labor : do patients have any power?
Gans, Joshua; Leigh, Andrew - 2011
We provide a new method of identifying the level of relative bargaining power in bilateral negotiations using exogenous variation in the degree of conflict between parties. Using daily births data, we study negotiations over birth timing. In doing so, we exploit the fact that fewer children are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522493
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Bargaining over babies : theory, evidence, and policy implications
Doepke, Matthias; Kindermann, Fabian - 2016
agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454419
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The differential impacts of contingent employment on fertility: evidence from Australia
Wooden, Mark; Trong Anh Trinh; Mooi-Reci, Irma - 2021
Many studies have reported evidence of negative associations between fixed-term contract employment and fertility. With …, previous research has mostly not considered whether the effects of employment status on fertility might vary with other worker … associated with a significantly lower probability of first births among men. We also find that these negative fertility effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698642
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Is smoking behavior culturally determined? : evidence from British immigrants
Christopoulou, Rebekka; Lillard, Dean R. - 2013
We exploit migration patterns from the UK to Australia, South Africa, and the US to investigate whether a person's decision to smoke is determined by culture. For each country, we use retrospective data to describe individual smoking trajectories over the life-course. For the UK, we use these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696931
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Trust of second generation immigrants : intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013
This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713189
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Ethnic diversity and trust : new evidence from Australian data
Mendolia, Silvia; Tosh, Alex; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity and the formation of an individual's local and general trust. A wide literature across economics and sociology has recognised the importance of trust in facilitating economic growth and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407700
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Ethnic Diversity and Trust : New Evidence from Australian Data
Mendolia, Silvia - 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity and the formation of an individual's local and general trust. A wide literature across economics and sociology has recognised the importance of trust in facilitating economic growth and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009513
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Cultural Dimensions of Indigenous Participation in Education and Training
Dockery, Alfred Michael - 2010
This paper develops empirical measures of Indigenous Australians’ attachment to their traditional cultures, and explores the relationship between culture and participation in VET. The findings reject the notion that Indigenous culture acts as a barrier to achievement in education and training....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203094
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Is Smoking Behavior Culturally Determined? Evidence from British Immigrants
Christopoulou, Rebekka; Lillard, Dean R. - 2013
We exploit migration patterns from the UK to Australia, South Africa, and the US to investigate whether a person's decision to smoke is determined by culture. For each country, we use retrospective data to describe individual smoking trajectories over the life-course. For the UK, we use these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160231
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Aboriginal Development in the Northern Territory - A Study in Two Parts : 1. Impact of Mining Royalties; 2. Self-Sufficiency (with Land Rights)
Turnbull, Shann - 2014
The report was commissioned by the Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in June 1977 to evaluate the impact of distributing mining royalties to Aboriginal Communities. The Prime Minister of Australia announced the commissioning of the report in Parliament on August 23, 1977 with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146890