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among women who are most likely to consider childcare costs when making fertility decisions - namely, married women with a … childcare industry, this paper examines whether college-educated native women respond to immigrant-induced lower cost and … potentially more convenient childcare options with increased fertility. An analysis of U.S. Census data between 1980 and 2000 …
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This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …
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This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility … and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high … skilled US-born women in cities that have experienced larger immigrant inflows. Most interestingly, these changes have been …
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among women who are most likely to consider childcare costs when making fertility decisions – namely, married women with a … childcare industry, this paper examines whether college-educated native women respond to immigrant-induced lower cost and … potentially more convenient childcare options with increased fertility. An analysis of U.S. Census data between 1980 and 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044402
immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household … level, I find that immigration increases female labour supply, without affecting fertility. My results show that immigration … Bereich der Kinderbetreuung verbessert. Diese Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass Immigration für Frauen in der heimischen …
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Paid and unpaid work are still distributed very unequally between men and women in Germany. Regardless of time … restrictions imposed by gainful employment, there is a gender- specific gap in time spent on housework and child care (gender care … gap). The total volume of paid and unpaid work on weekdays is roughly the same for men and women (approx. 11 hours …
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An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically …
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-in-difference design and a fertility survey with information on conception, contraception, and labor supply arrangements. Childcare … inequality, we conclude that paid childcare leave for working women confers some positive benefits. …We consider the effects of a paid childcare leave subsidy on maternal behavior in South Korea using a difference …
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highly educated women substituted work for time devoted to housework and childcare, while less educated wives substituted … work for leisure and personal time. We find no effects for men. The fact that the reforms reduced fertility only among … women with higher education suggests that the difference between them and less educated wives in the response to reduced …
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employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest … family and female employment in Mongolia in 2016. We examine the availability of childcare, social norms and attitudes … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the …
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