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Elder Care, Work, and Gender : The Work-Family Issue of the 21st Century
Smith, Peggie R. - 2008
Whereas the overwhelming majority of work-family discussions center on the needs of workers with children, this Article highlights the importance of conceptualizing such discussions in a comprehensive fashion that extends beyond child care. Specifically, the Article explores work-family policies...
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Does paternity leave promote gender equality within households?
González, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the allocation of time between child rearing and the labor market. They can choose the non-cooperative outside option or cooperate by reaching an agreement of specialization in which...
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Brothers increase women's gender conformity
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021
choice of occupation and partner. This results in a stronger response to motherhood in labor market outcomes. As a relevant …
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Couples and gender inequality
Larsen, Kristian - 2023
This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an...
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Teenage Daughters as a Cause of Divorce
Kabatek, Jan - 2017
Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945806
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Does it Take Two? The Effect of Partners' Characteristics on Teenage Pregnancy
Zavodny, Madeline - 2015
role in nonmarital teenage pregnancy and its outcome. The estimated relationships between one partner's attributes and the … probability of a nonmarital pregnancy and its resolution are generally little affected by whether the other partner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032160
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Teenage daughters as a cause of divorce
Kabátek, Jan; Ribar, David C. - 2017
Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732392
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Teenage Daughters as a Cause of Divorce
Kabatek, Jan - 2017
Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries. Using 1995–2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946579
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Teenage Daughters as a Cause of Divorce
Kabatek, Jan - 2017
Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946848
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Gender roles and the gender expectations gap
D'Acunto, Francesco; Malmendier, Ulrike; Weber, Michael - 2021
Expectations about economic variables vary systematically across genders. In the domain of inflation, women have … persistently higher expectations than men. We argue that traditional gender roles are a significant factor in generating this … gender expectations gap as they expose women and men to different economic signals in their daily lives. Using unique data on …
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