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What causes the child penalty? : evidence from same sex couples and policy reforms
Andresen, Martin Eckhoff; Nix, Emily - 2019
Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005485
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Gender bias in tax systems based on household income
Andrienko, Jurij; Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014
earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … the number and ages of children requires us to look for other explanations, and we argue that these can be found in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441692
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Does a flexible parental leave system stimulate maternal employment?
Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023
This study examines the effect of two recent parental leave reforms in Austria that allow parents to choose leave schemes with varying duration. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the introduction of more flexible scheme choices led mothers to take, on average, 1-2 months less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285781
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Closing the gender gap : promoting labour market participation
Harris, Jorgen M.; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2024
leave, state-funded childcare for young children, extended school hours, and individual taxation. For each, we provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046124
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Children and the gender earnings gap : evidence for Australia
Bahar, Elif; Bradshaw, Natasha; Deutscher, Nathan; … - 2023
This paper uses an event study approach to estimate the impact of children on the gender earnings gap in Australia. We … use the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to show the arrival of children has a large and … only slightly but remains high in the 10 years following the arrival of children. We attribute the gap in earnings to lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251977
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Do parents' flexible working hours affect fathers' contribution to domestic work? : evidence from a factorial survey
Krug, Gerhard; Bähr, Sebastian; Diener, Katharina; … - 2020
flexible Arbeitszeiten bei Vätern statistisch signifikant die Bereitschaft erhöht, zur Kinderbetreuung beizutragen, nicht aber … Auswirkungen der flexiblen Arbeitszeiten der Partnerin auf den Beitrag der Väter, weder bei der Kinderbetreuung noch der Hausarbeit …
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What drives paternity leave : financial incentives or flexibility?
Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023
Despite changing gender norms, few fathers decide to take parental leave after the birth of a child, and when they do, their leave spells are substantially shorter compared to mothers. This study examines how paternal leave-taking is affected by two key features of leave policies: flexibility in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500606
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The Glorified Mothers of Sons : Evidence from Sex Composition and Parental Time Allocation in Rural China
Fan, Yi; Yi, Junjian; Yuan, Ye; Zhang, Junsen - 2022
We study the effects of sons versus daughters on parental joint time allocation between thelabor market and the household. Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Surveyfrom 1989 to 2006, we apply a fixed-effects model to control for cross-household hetero-geneity in son preference. We...
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Marriage, children, and labor supply: beliefs and outcomes
Gong, Yifan; Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Stinebrickner, Ralph - 2020
While a large literature is interested in the relationship between family and labor supply outcomes, little is known about the expectations of these objects at earlier stages. We examine these expectations, taking advantage of unique data from the Berea Panel Study. In addition to characterizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286536
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Essential Work and Emergency Childcare : Identifying Gender Differences in Covid-19 Effects on Labour Demand and Supply
Meekes, Jordy; Hassink, Wolter H.J; Kalb, Guyonne R.J - 2021
affected than male non-essential workers. Second, partnered individuals with young children are equally affected by the crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315017