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differ by type of marriage and gender of the immigrant—and, consequently, affect how spouses supply labor to the market …Intermarriage between a native and immigrant can affect the household’s supply of labor hours. Spouse selectivity on … the basis of human capital, distribution of bargaining power, and labor supply coordination within the household can …
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This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German …. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …
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individuals whose partner is exposed to trade. We find substantial differences by gender. Men respond to import competition by … such response for women, who do not increase labour supply following shocks affecting their partners. Gender differences in …
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We show that Bertrand et al.'s (QJE 2015) finding of a sharp drop in the relative income distribution within married couples at the point where wives start to earn more than their husbands is unstable across different estimation procedures and varies across contexts. We apply the estimators by...
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earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …
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considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. …
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considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. …
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This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …
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emphasize the relevance of transmission of preference and gender-role attitude in investigating household issues. Utilizing the …This paper studies whether sons and daughters reproduce in their relationships the same intra-household inequalities … Panel Study of Income Dynamics' data we find that married sons imitate their parents' household disparities more than …
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against lost household earnings by increasing labour supply. We find that both own and partner responses to the shock vary … significantly by gender. Men in households exposed to import competition respond by increasing labour force participation at older … dissolution also differ according to the gender of those affected: for women below 45, but not men, exposure to the trade shock …
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