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Work and children in Spain : challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
Hupkau, Claudia; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 243-268
Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women’s and men’s participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s. We show that women still fare worse in several important labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are...
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Much to be done in Japan's family and gender equality policies
Nagase, Nobuko - In: Asia Pacific business review 30 (2024) 3, pp. 528-542
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The impact of parenthood on the gender wage gap : a comparative analysis of 26 European countries
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa; Lovász, Anna - 2017
We use cross-national data on 26 EU countries to assess how much children and the responsibilities related to them contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what...
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Gender inequality as a barrier to economic growth : a review of the theoretical literature
Klasen, Stephan; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2018 - This version: August 19, 2018
economy, the role of women for fertility decisions and human capital investments is particularly important. Yet, we believe …
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Impact of Family Planning Policy on Gender Inequality : Evidence from China
Geng, Yining - 2020
: different fertility constraints imposed by the FPP on the ethnic majority Han than those imposed on ethnic minorities; and (2 …
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Expansions in paid parental leave and mothers' economic progress
Corekcioglu, Gozde; Francesconi, Marco; Kunze, Astrid - 2022
We examine the impact of government-funded universal paid parental leave extensions on the likelihood that mothers reach top-pay jobs and executive positions, using eight Norwegian reforms. Up to a quarter of a century after childbirth, such reforms neither helped nor hurt mothers' chances to be...
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Expansions in paid parental leave and mothers' economic progress
Corekcioglu, Gozde; Francesconi, Marco; Kunze, Astrid - 2022
We examine the impact of government-funded universal paid parental leave extensions on the likelihood that mothers reach top-pay jobs and executive positions, using eight Norwegian reforms. Up to a quarter of a century after childbirth, such reforms neither helped nor hurt mothers' chances to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383177
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Missing Women, Gender Imbalance and Sex Ratio at Birth : Why the One-Child Policy Matters
Wang, Qingfeng - 2019
In this paper, we show that the one-child policy has played a significant role in the decline of China's fertility. The … one-child policy had reduced China's fertility rate by an additional 11.5%, based on a year-on-year comparison with the …
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How can gender discrimination explain fertility behaviors and family-friendly policies ?.
Recoules, Magali - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2008
equilibrium model with endogenous fertility, endogenous labor supply and endogenous size of government spending. Family policies … explain differences in household decisions between countries. The solution shows a U-shaped relationship between fertility and … gender discrimination. An increase in the discrimination level implies a related decrease in fertility, women's participation …
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Parental leave policy and gender equality in Europe
Castro-García, Carmen; Pazos Morán, María - In: Feminist economics 22 (2016) 3, pp. 51-73
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