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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - revised, October 2019
first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119937
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - Revised, October 2019
first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124840
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2017
headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731996
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The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market : The COVID Motherhood Penalty
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2022
We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084037
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The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market : The COVID Motherhood Penalty
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021
We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323312
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The evolving impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender inequality in the U.S. labor market: the COVID motherhood penalty
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2021
We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669824
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388335
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392486
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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
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404275
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Should Mothers Work? How Perceptions of the Social Norm Affect Individual Attitudes Toward Work in the U.S
Cortés, Patricia; Koşar, Gizem; Pan, Jessica; Zafar, Basit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how peer beliefs shape individual attitudes toward maternal labor supply using realistic hypothetical scenarios that elicit recommendations on the labor supply choices of a mother with a young child and an information treatment embedded within representative surveys. Across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435168