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We aim to provide an explanation for the combination of the relatively low female participation rates and lowest-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess...
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Parental leave and child care are important instruments of family policies to improve work– family balance. This paper studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform was to decrease birth-related maternal...
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Is working more than monetary income? This paper attempts to give an answer to this question on the basis of the German Socio-economic Panel data set. By comparing the satisfaction with life between workers and non-workers with the same household income, the monetary value of participating in...
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Is working more than monetary income? This paper attempts to give an answer to this question on the basis of the German Socio-economic Panel data set. By comparing the satisfaction with life between workers and non-workers with the same household income, the monetary value of participating in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326416
We provide a parsimonious explanation for 80% of the extensive variation in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We …. Specifically, we suggest that gender unemployment gaps arise through a mechanism that involves the effect of childbirth on women … statutory family leaves within the remaining group of EU countries. In addition, gender unemployment gaps among individuals with …
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We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances during...
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milestone, I compare labor market outcomes until the age of 37 of children whose parents had an unemployment spell shortly … before and after the track choice. Early parental unemployment lowers the child's probability of holding a university degree … and this difference cannot be explained by different access to family resources. I show that early parental unemployment …
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This paper sets the groundwork for analysis of the effect of selection into labor force on gender unemployment gaps. We … derive the Manski bounds for gender unemployment gaps in 21 EU countries and show that in addition to the positive selection … childbirth. While positive selection of women into the labor force leads to downward bias in gender unemployment gaps, negative …
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environment compared to the crisis years. The sharp decrease in unemployment probably resulted from the introduction of several … targeted policies and embellishment of unemployment statistics. …
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Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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