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Who takes care of the children? : the quantity-quality model revisited
Lundholm, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - 2000
combination of purchased and own care, the effect of income on fertility is ambiguous, even if quantity of children is a normal … income effect on fertility is positive when quantity is a normal good. (iii) If, on the other hand, there only is own care …, there is a different kind of quantity quality trade off. The income effect on fertility is positive if quantity is a closer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587913
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Froebel's gifts : how the kindergarten movement changed the American family
Ager, Philipp; Cinnirella, Francesco - 2020
household outcomes. We find that in cities with a larger kindergarten exposure, families significantly reduced fertility, with …. Households reduced fertility because kindergarten attendance increased returns to education, but it also led to higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263702
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Raising the Financial Costs of Children and Fertility Responses : Evidence from the Kibbutz
Ebenstein, Avraham Y. - 2011
examines the impact of the privatization of kibbutzim on fertility behavior among members. We find that fertility declined by 6 … due to privatization, our results suggest that financial considerations may be a more modest factor in fertility decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119221
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Early childhood care and cognitive development
Chaparro, Juan; Sojourner, Aaron; Wiswall, Matthew - 2020
This paper combines multiple sources of information on early childhood development in a unified model for analysis of a wide range of early childhood policy interventions. We develop a model of child care in which households decide both the quantities and qualities of maternal and non-maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193298
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Asymmetries and interdependencies in time use between Italian parents
Mancini, Anna Laura; Pasqua, Silvia - 2011
employment rate and a continuous decline in total fertility rate. We focus especially on how parents' time with their children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008902036
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Bargaining at divorce : the allocation of custody
Halla, Martin; Atteneder, Christine - 2007
We model the bargaining process of parents over custody at the time of divorce. First we assume an institutional setting where only sole custody is available. In a second step we reform this institutional setting and introduce the possibility of joint custody. We show that some parents, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746198
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Do parents drink their children's welfare? : a joint analysis of intra-household allocation of time
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; … - 2013
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether excessive parental alcohol consumption leads to a reduction of child welfare. To this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases time spent by parents looking after their children and working. Using the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring...
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Do parents drink their children’s welfare? : intra-household allocation of time between market labour, domestic work and child care in Russia
Gianelli, Claudia Gianna; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Piccoli, Luca - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether parental alcohol consumption leads to a reduction of child welfare. To this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases parents' time spent looking after children and working. Using the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, we estimate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251344
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Early child care and child outcomes : the role of grandparents
Del Boca, Daniela; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pronzato, … - 2014
In this paper, we focus on the impact of early grandparents' care on child cognitive outcomes, in the short and medium term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419071
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Exploring the Impacts of Public Childcare on Mothers and Children in Italy : Does Rationing Play a Role?
Brilli, Ylenia - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children's scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test scores of pupils attending second grade of primary school in 2008-09 in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120847