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In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
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-effects only on men’s labor supply but not on women’s and no gender differences in the allocation of housework. Instead, the …We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to investigate intra-couple labor supply decisions and the division of housework … decide upon the allocation of an unpaid task serving as our proxy for housework. In our gender neutral lab, we find tax …
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particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative …
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particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative …
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labor supply of women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous. We study GBT in … family. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher men wages and higher women productivity in home … duties. In all cases, men commit to a career in the market and take less home duties than women. As a result, their market …
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(married) women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous and primitive. But in this …
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We show that Bertrand et al.'s (QJE 2015) finding of a sharp drop in the relative income distribution within married couples at the point where wives start to earn more than their husbands is unstable across different estimation procedures and varies across contexts. We apply the estimators by...
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labor supply of women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous. We study GBT in … family. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher men wages and higher women productivity in home … duties. In all cases, men commit to a career in the market and take less home duties than women. As a result, their market …
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