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Education driving the rise in Dutch female employment : explanations for the increase in part-time work and female employment in the Netherlands, contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405690
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Explaining the MENA paradox : rising educational attainment, yet stagnant female labor force participation
Asʿad, Rāǧī; Hendy, Rana; Lassassi, Moundir; … - 2018
Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing if not reversal of the gender gap in education, female labor force participation rates in the MENA region remain low and stagnant, a phenomenon that has come to be known as the "MENA paradox." Even if increases in participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810299
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262608
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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries : evidence from Argentina
Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband'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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013399852
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762270
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
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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The motherhood penalty in China : having a child increases gender inequality in the labor market
Zhang, Mingxue; Hou, Lingling; Wang, Yue - 2022
mother implies a sharp decline in labor earnings, labor market participation, working hours and wage rate, while fathers … babysit, which generate motherhood earnings penalty in labor market. Finally, well-being analysis shows that subjective …
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The role of coresidency with adult children in the labor force participation decisions of older men and women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged - rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055896
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The child penalty: Evidence from Spain
de Quinto, Alicia; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
year after the first child is born, mothers' annual earnings drop by 11% while men's remain unchanged. The gender gap is … even larger 10 years after birth. Our estimate of the long-run child penalty in earnings equals 28%, similar to those found … responses in earnings and labor market participation by educational level: college-educated women react to motherhood more on …
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