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Single motherhood in East and West Germany : what can explain the differences?
Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2015
The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …
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Mass weddings, baby boom and full employment? : Nazi Germany's 1933 marriage loan and its efficacy in theory and practice
Somcutean, Cristina - In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 63 (2022) 1, pp. 267-301
births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …
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Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie - 2023
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a...
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COVID-19 and labour market outcomes by gender in Finland
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pesola, Hanna - In: Nordic economic policy review (2022), pp. 188-227
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Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie - 2023
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Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 83 (2023), pp. 1-25
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Getting back into work after job loss : the role of partner effects
Bryan, Mark L.; Longhi, Simonetta - 2015
We investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment … of the spouse who lost their job. Re-employment was faster for those with a partner in work, but was not generally …
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Understanding the added worker effect : a multiple methods interpretation
Laurie, Heather; Gush, Karon; Scott, James; Bryan, Mark L. - 2015
This paper provides an integrated interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data examining how couples respond when one partner loses their job. According to economic theory there may be an 'Added Worker Effect' where, when one partner loses their job, their spouse enters the labour market...
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Couples' labour supply responses to job loss : boom and recession compared
Bryan, Mark L.; Longhi, Simonetta - 2013
We examine how couples' labour supply behaviour in the UK responds to a job loss by one partner, using the Labour Force Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner couples during the recession, both men and women...
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Couples' labour supply responses to job loss : boom and recession compared
Bryan, Mark; Longhi, Simonetta - 2013
We examine how couples' labour supply behaviour in the UK responds to a job loss by one partner, using the Labour Force Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner couples during the recession, both men and women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189556