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by women with household responsibilities, some members of parliament believed that the new hours may be "family friendly …", i.e. convenient for combining career and household activities, and increase female labor participation. The policy …
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New methodology for producing employment microsimulations is introduced, with a focus on farms and household nonfarm … enterprises. Previous simulations have not dealt with the issue of reduced production in farm and nonfarm household enterprises … when household members are placed in paid employment. In this paper, we present a method for addressing the trade …
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findings from each methodological strand of the research can contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of household …
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The added worker effect (AWE) measures the entry of individuals into the labor force due to their partners' job loss. We propose a new method to calculate the AWE, which allows us to estimate its effect on any labor market outcome. We show that the AWE reduces the fraction of households with two...
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We examine how couples' labour supply behaviour in the UK responds to a job loss by one partner, using the Labour Force Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner couples during the recession, both men and women...
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We examine how couples' labour supply behaviour in the UK responds to a job loss by one partner, using the Labour Force Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner couples during the recession, both men and women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222172
aligns broadly with traditional theories of the household, yet the role of the 'doing-gender' hypothesis is non-negligible. …
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Our paper contributes to the literature studying how household conditions can influence children's development … household type is becoming more prevalent: the one in which the woman is the sole or main wage-earner, the so-called "female …
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transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … analysis, and household specific unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for. Results show that female transitions into …
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are more likely to be trapped in cycles of low-quality jobs and no jobs leading to a decrease in household income over …
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