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An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...
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Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets. To the extent that it is associated with lower prospects of being in couple and obtaining intra-couple transfers, we expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply...
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the collective household model, we examine the possibility that men within couples use polygyny as a threat to influence …
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affected by the difficulty of combining work and family. New research suggests immigration lowers the cost of household …
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allocates more time to paid work and less time to household production. The effect is evident for the daughters-in-law who co …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household … household production. Heterogeneity in results is observed by socio-religious groups and by the extent of patriarchy in the …
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abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the legalization …
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abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … effect of abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the … households that were already formed before the legalization and I test for the renegotiation of the household's initial contract …
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household decision-making approaches, this study focuses on the moderating role of the household economic situation in the … also stratified by household economic situations: full-time employed, low-intensity caregivers down-scale to part … household income. …
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