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Do family values shape the pace to return to work after childbirth?
Borrell-Porta, Mireia - 2015
This paper argues that the pace to return to work after childbirth is not independent of family values. I evaluate the effect of a parental leave policy reform in Germany in 2007-aimed at incentivizing an earlier return to work - on the return to work of mothers who hold different family values....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476674
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Female self-employment and children : the case of Sweden
Andersson Joona, Pernilla - 2014
Previous studies, mostly from Anglo-Saxon countries, find a positive correlation between the presence of young children in the household and self-employment probabilities among women. This has been seen as an indication of women with young children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408826
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Twins, family size, and female labor force participation in Iran
Majbouri, Mahdi - 2018
Despite the remarkable increase in women's education levels and the rapid fall of their fertility rate in Iran, female … impact on most mothers' participation. This result explains why the rapid decline in fertility rates did not increase female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880404
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Reconsidering the impact of family size on labour supply : the twin-problems of the twin-birth instrument
Braakmann, Nils; Wildman, John - 2014 - This version: November 7, 2014
Twin births are often used to instrument for fertility when investigating the impact of family size on labor market … outcomes. In this paper we consider two econometric problems both related to the link between fertility treatments and multiple … births. The first is the potential for omitted variable bias caused by the fact that fertility treatments are typically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440726
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Comparative analysis of the motherhood gap in employment and wages : the role of family policies and their interaction
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2016
The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European countries. The role of family policies in explaining these inequalities is then examined by looking at a single policy as well as childcare and leave policies interaction. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451482
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Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
Aassve, Arnstein - 2008
in fertility levels. Changes in union formation and fertility levels, on the other hand, do have a significant impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771246
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The impact of parenthood on the gender wage gap : a comparative analysis of 26 European countries
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa; Lovász, Anna - 2017
We use cross-national data on 26 EU countries to assess how much children and the responsibilities related to them contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867856
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Twins, Family Size, and Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Majbouri, Mahdi - 2018
Despite the remarkable increase in women's education levels and the rapid fall of their fertility rate in Iran, female … impact on most mothers' participation. This result explains why the rapid decline in fertility rates did not increase female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915183
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Twins, Family Size, and Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Majbouri, Mahdi - 2016
Despite the rapid rise of women's education and the fall of their fertility rates in Iran, female labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980755
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Does the Gap in Family-Friendly Policies Drive the Family Gap?
Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne; Verner, Mette - 2004
A segregation of the labour market into a family-friendly and a non-family friendly sector has the effect that women self-select into the sectors depending on institutional constraints, preferences for family-friendly working conditions and expected wage differences. We find that neglecting the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094281