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their children, child-related expenditure and the results obtained by them, with particular attention to gender differences … writing and math and logical reasoning. The amount of time mothers spend with children is always greater than fathers but … changes over the life cycle of the children. In fact, the time mothers spend with children decreases as the child grows up and …
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A rich strand of the economic literature has been studying the impact of different forms of early childcare on children … agrees in identifying stronger beneficial effects among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, making a case for the role … cognitive and non-cognitive development of young children and how to reduce gender gaps later in life. Our paper offers a …
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nonparental childcare arrangements in Turkey-care of children by grandparents and nannies-became undesirable due to health … parental caregiving time of married parents of preschool-age children by using data from the 2014-15 Turkish Time Use Survey …
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influenced by the presence of young children in the household, by the total non-labor income, and by the ratio of mothers' non …
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This study uses time-diary data from two-parent families with children aged 10-16 (N = 913) to analyse how parental … work schedules interfere with children's daily activities in Spain, a country where evening work is strongly … institutionalised. Fathers' work schedules are generally unrelated to children's time use. Mothers' evening work hours are significantly …
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Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …
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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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