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Do Family Policies Affect Births, Maternal Employment and Marital Stability?
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2021
increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an … increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234563
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The effects of gender-specific local labor demand on birth and later outcomes
Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2021
fertility and infant mortality rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698388
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Single motherhood in East and West Germany : what can explain the differences?
Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2015
The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we examine two transmission channels leading to single motherhood, namely out-of-partnership births and separations of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305369
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New Mothers? Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics
Bratti, Massimiliano; Del Bono, Emilia; Vuri, Daniela - 2004
In this paper we use newly available individual-level data from the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households to investigate the factors affecting female labour force participation after the birth of the first child. We focus on the effects of pre-marital job characteristics and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261867
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Hidden consequences of a first-born boy for mothers
Ichino, Andrea; Lindström, Elly-Ann; Viviano, Eliana - 2011
children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies … are needed to get a boy is more than compensated by the positive effect on fertility deriving from the greater stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285990
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Hidden consequences of a first-born boy for mothers
Ichino, Andrea; Lindström, Elly-Ann; Viviano, Eliana - 2011
children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies … are needed to get a boy is more than compensated by the positive effect on fertility deriving from the greater stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238518
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Hidden Consequences of a First-Born Boy for Mothers
Ichino, Andrea - 2011
children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies … are needed to get a boy is more than compensated by the positive effect on fertility deriving from the greater stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126145
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Maternity leave and paternity leave : evidence on the economic impact of legislative changes in high income countries
Canaan, Serena; Lassen, Anne Sophie; Rosenbaum, Philip; … - 2022
Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market participation, the focus has gradually shifted to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168741
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Balancing Work and Family in Italy : New Mothers' Employment Decisions after Childbirth
Casadio, Piero - 2008
participation and fertility. In this paper we focus on the employment patterns of Italian mothers around the time of childbirth. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722793
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New Mothers' Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics
Bratti, Massimiliano; Bono, Emilia Del; Vuri, Daniela - 2021
In this paper we use newly available individual-level data from the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households to investigate the factors affecting female labour force participation after the birth of the first child. We focus on the effects of pre-marital job characteristics and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319321