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This paper traces the origins and early history of perceived gender differences in absenteeism in Great Britain and the … policy makers referred to gender differences in absenteeism to motivate wage discrimination. …
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territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …
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There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum's Global …
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There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199826
We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical week and work fewer hours than women with first-born girls. The puzzle is why women in these countries react in this way to the sex of their first child, which is chosen...
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find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
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We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in … and allow agents to trade home labor. This model can generate the observed patterns in US labor supply by gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264757
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in … and allow agents to trade home labor. This model can generate the observed patterns in US labor supply by gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269373
In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
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find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388335