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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries : evidence from Argentina
Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the labor supply of other household members. However, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013399852
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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586050
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404275
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The child penalty: Evidence from Spain
de Quinto, Alicia; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
year after the first child is born, mothers' annual earnings drop by 11% while men's remain unchanged. The gender gap is … even larger 10 years after birth. Our estimate of the long-run child penalty in earnings equals 28%, similar to those found … responses in earnings and labor market participation by educational level: college-educated women react to motherhood more on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496128
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The child penalty : evidence from Spain
Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
year after the first child is born, mothers’ annual earnings drop by 11% while men’s remain unchanged. The gender gap is … even larger 10 years after birth. Our estimate of the long-run child penalty in earnings equals 28%, similar to those found … responses in earnings and labor market participation by educational level: college-educated women react to motherhood more on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694349
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The Marriage Market, Labor Supply and Education Choice
Chiappori, Pierre-Andre; Dias, Monica Costa; Meghir, Costas - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2015
We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and the labor market. They then match based on the...
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Intrahousehold Inequality
Chiappori, Pierre-Andre; Meghir, Costas - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2014
Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element of the distribution of welfare that can vary dramatically depending on overall environmental and economic factors. Thus, measures of inequality that ignore intra household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939079
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Intra-household Welfare
Chiappori, Pierre-Andre; Meghir, Costas - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2014
In this paper we develop an approach to measuring inequality and poverty that recognizes the fact that individuals within households may have both different preferences and differential access to resources. We argue that a measure based on estimates of the sharing rule is inadequate as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939080
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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries: Evidence from Argentina
Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the labor supply of other household members. However, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412962
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Bei der Erwerbstätigkeit der Frauen liegt Ostdeutschland vorn
Holst, Elke; Wieber, Anna - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 81 (2014) 40, pp. 967-975
Auch fast ein Vierteljahrhundert nach dem Mauerfall liegt die Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen in Ostdeutschland immer noch höher als in Westdeutschland. Der Abstand ist heute allerdings gering. Gestartet sind die beiden Regionen von höchst unterschiedlichen Niveaus. Im Westen lag die...
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