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Welfare rules, incentives, and family structure
Moffitt, Robert A.; Phelan, Brian J.; Winkler, Anne E. - 2015
In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …
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Why would she? : polygyny and women's welfare in Ghana
Ickowitz, Amy; Mohanty, Lisa - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 2, pp. 77-104
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Family decision-making in emerging economies
Chaudhary, Monica - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 14 (2015) 3, pp. 310-320
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The lasting effect of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family : evidence from World War II in Russia
Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2016
bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521153
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Investigation of the factors influencing family functions style
Boylu, Ayfer Aydıner; Çopur, Zeynep; Öztop, Hülya - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011293159
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Competition for promotion can induce household specialization between equally competitive spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
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Stable income, stable family
Lindo, Jason M.; Regmi, Krishna; Swensen, Isaac D. - 2022
We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy that leverages state-level changes in maximum benefits over time and comparisons across workers who have been laid off and those that have not been laid off. The results indicate...
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Competition for promotion can induce household specialization between equally competitive spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013175695
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Exit, voice, and loyalty in the family
Gonalons-Pons, Pilar; Calnitsky, David - 2020
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Narratives and the economics of the family
Akerlof, Robert; Rayo, Luis - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265235