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that almost none of the reduction in market work in areas of long-term high unemployment is offset by additional work at … home. In contrast, in those areas where unemployment has risen cyclically, reduced market work is largely substituted by … additional time in household production. -- Unemployment ; time use ; household production ; paid work …
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unskilled unemployment via consumer demand: longer work hours and higher labor force participation imply higher incomes and less … consumer demand toward unskill-intensive goods. Relative demand for unskilled labor rises and unemployment falls. Finally, we …
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We investigate how mother’s employment during childhood affects long term child outcomes. We utilize rich longitudinal data from Norway covering the entire Norwegian population between the years 1970 to 2007. The data allows us to match all family members and to measure maternal labor force...
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Socio-Economic Panel we show that women respond to their partners' unemployment with an increase in labor market …-effects separately, revealing differences in the relationships between women's labor market statuses and their partners' unemployment in … similar to that of his unemployment. …
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In this chapter we explore the macroeconomics of time allocation. We begin with an overview of the trends in market hours in the United States, both in the aggregate and for key subsamples. After introducing a Beckerian theoretical framework, the chapter then discusses key empirical patterns of...
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Socio-Economic Panel we show that women respond to their partners’ unemployment with an increase in labor market …-effects separately, revealing differences in the relationships between women’s labor market statuses and their partners’ unemployment in … similar to that of his unemployment …
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bargaining power of the individual is high compared to the bargaining power of the union, there is more unemployment with … opening a vacancy is sufficiently high, there is more unemployment with individual wage setting. Finally, for a constant …, individual bargaining produces more unemployment. …
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of the individual is high compared to the bargaining power of the union, there is more unemployment with individual wage … vacancy is sufficiently high, there is more unemployment with individual wage setting. Finally, for a constant marginal … bargaining produces more unemployment. …
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Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...
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