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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912772
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Culture and household decision making : balance of power and labor supply choices of US-born and foreign-born couples
Oreffice, Sonia - 2014
This study investigates how spouses' cultural backgrounds mediate the role of intra-household bargaining in the labor … supply decisions of foreign-born and US-born couples, in a collective-household framework. Using data from the 2000 US Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252670
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The economics of hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985999
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How does intrahousehold bargaining power impact labor supply? : European cross-country evidence (2004-2019)
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2022
This paper analyzes how intrahousehold bargaining power impacts labor supply, for seventeen European countries. To that end, we estimate a collective model using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions for the period 2004-2019, and we study the validity of several potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285502
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Home production of childcare and labour supply decisions in a collective household model
Turon, Hélène - 2019
population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are … of the choice of home childcare vs. labour supply. We are able to quantify each household's sensitivity to potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979076
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Gender Identity, Co-Working Spouses and Relative Income within Households
Zinovyeva, Natalia - 2018
Bertrand, Kamenica and Pan (2015) document that in the U.S. there is a sharp discontinuity to the right of 1/2 in the distribution of households according to the share of income earned by the wife, which they attribute to the existence of a gender identity norm postulating that a wife should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911204
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Fertility, household structure, and parental labor supply : evidence from rural China
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2015
This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336961
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Home Production of Childcare and Labour Supply Decisions in a Collective Household Model
Turon, Hélène - 2019
population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are … of the choice of home childcare vs. labour supply. We are able to quantify each household's sensitivity to potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870355
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Was the Georgian policy shifting public sector working hours by one hour "family friendly" and did it increase female labor participation?
Bezhanishvili, Levan; Appleman, William; Abramishvili, Zurab - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271823
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962355