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The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals …
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The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745678
This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining power. Estimating difference-in-differences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss … those who have been (dis)advantaged by this reform is a new one, proposing a method that reflects the realities of alimony …
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This paper estimates the economic and non-economic returns to volunteering for prime-aged women. Estimates of a DCDP model indicate that an extra year of volunteer experience increases wage offers by 8.5% in future part-time work and by 2.6% in future full-time work. On average, working for free...
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In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and some other countries also have several types of...
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Many countries offer new parents long periods of paid leave. Proponents argue that parental leave programs can reduce gender gaps in the labor market, support marital stability and promote children's well-being. In this paper, I show that lengthy leaves can instead work against several of these...
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We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Living with a partner and living with a child both have substantial positive effects on earnings and work hours. These effects persist in fixed...
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This paper explores how historical gender roles become entrenched as norms over the long run. In the historical United States, gender roles on the frontier looked starkly different from those in settled areas. Male-biased sex ratios led to higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land...
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We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Living with a partner and living with a child both have substantial positive effects on earnings and work hours. These effects persist in fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318249