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Chapter 23. Families in Macroeconomics
Doepke, M.; Tertilt, M. - In: Handbook of macroeconomics : volume 2, v. 2A-2B SET, (pp. 1789-1891). 2016
. Yet the family (and decision making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue … that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics and that accounting for the family leads to new answers …-run fluctuations and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …
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Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014
This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who do not face a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic...
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Family migration and the employment of married women and men
Cooke, Thomas J. - In: Economic geography 72 (1996) 1, pp. 38-48
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A quantitative theory of the gender gap in wages
Erosa, Andrés (contributor); Fuster, Luisa (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003221850
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Worker effort decisions and efficient gender-specific wage-tenure profiles
Hersch, Joni - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 35 (1997) 1, pp. 193-207
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On the family origins of human capital formation: evidence from donor children
Lundborg, Petter; Plug, Erik J. S.; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2021
We introduce a novel strategy to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital, net of genetic skill transfers. For this purpose, we use unique data on children conceived through sperm and egg donation in IVF treatments in Denmark. Because the assignment of donors is not selective,...
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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility
Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - 2019
We study the importance of the extended family - the dynasty - for the persistence in inequality across generations. We … extended family relative to the parents increases. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001644
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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility
Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - 2019
We study the importance of the extended family - the dynasty - for the persistence in inequality across generations. We … extended family relative to the parents increases. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002423
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The road to egalitaria : sex differences in employment for parents of young children (Families, children and human capital formation)
Milligan, Kevin - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 257-279
, the USA, the UK, and Germany. Substantial closing of the gap in the 1970s and 1980s was followed by stability since then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466898
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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility
Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - 2016
We study the importance of the extended family - or the dynasty - for the persistence in human capital inequality … transmission of human capital. We use three different measures of human capital: years of schooling, family income and an index of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598138