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Maternity benefits and marital stability after birth : evidence from the Soviet Baltic republics
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2023
. Maternity benefits decrease divorce within the first year after birth. This decrease persists for at least a decade, indicating … that couples avoided divorce altogether rather than simply delaying it. While mothers extended their leave by several …
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Still Waiting for Mister Right? Asymmetric Information, Abortion Laws and the Timing of Marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W. - 2009
Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159512
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Still waiting for mister right? : asymmetric information, abortion laws and the timing of marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W.; Emerson, Patrick M. - 2009
Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846011
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Migration from Eastern Europe : A Review of Causes and Consequences
Tan Keok, Tay - 2021
The article presents a juxtaposition of the non-material effects of earlier migration from Eastern European, dating from the turn of the twentieth century, with those of the contemporary era of migration from Eastern European since the 1990s. The analysis shows that some aspects, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232750
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The Unintended Consequences of Temporary Migration from Eastern Europe
Kwek Kian, Teng - 2021
This article sheds light on the unintended consequences of temporary migration from Eastern European by combining Merton’s functional analysis with Levitt’s work on social remittances. The article presents a juxtaposition of the non-material effects of earlier migration from Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013230286
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Long-Term Unemployment and Short-Term Unemployment Benefits : The Changing Nature of Non-Employment Subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe
Boeri, Tito; Edwards, Scott - 2008
Non-employment rates in all central and eastern European countries have increased dramatically thoroughout the transition and are currently larger than those of the lowest income OECD countries. Non-employment benefits other than unemployment benefits are providing income support to this growing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014215688
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European Union fifth enlargement : A opportunity for the future?
Munster, Attila - 2023
We are at the beginning of a new stage in the construction of Europe. After the creation of the single market and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which have been the goals of the European Union (EU) in the last fifteen years, the supranational organization now faces a new challenge: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358205
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The sensitivity of family-related behaviors to economic and social turbulence in post-socialist countries, 1970-2010
Billingsley, Sunnee; Härkönen, Juho; Hornung, Maria - In: Comparative population studies : CPoS ; open acess … 48 (2023), pp. 493-522
abrupt changes in marriage and divorce rates also occurred, these changes often began before the transition and therefore may … on the individual, such as in the case of marriage and parenthood, and the narrower window of time in which this event …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014503029
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Still waiting for Mister Right? : asymmetric information, abortion laws and the timing of marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W.; Emerson, Patrick M. - In: Applied economics 45 (2013) 22/24, pp. 3151-3169
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345001
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Transzformációs sokk heterogén munkaerő-piacon
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994) assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers’ productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
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