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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … large and comparable data sets or to conventional approaches that limit the possibilities to compare men and women. …
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The rise of part-time work : a German-French comparison
Marotzke, Petra - 2019
I study possible determinants of part-time employment among women in France and Germany using microdata of the Labour … Force Survey. Voluntary part-time work is substantially more widespread among women in Germany than it is in France … working part time in Germany exceeds that in France among married women and among women with children, while there is hardly …
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Does temporal and locational flexibility of work increase the supply of working hours? : evidence from the Netherlands
Possenriede, Daniel; Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Plantenga, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-34
In recent years, many employees have gained more control over temporal and locational aspects of their work via a variety of flexible work arrangements, such as flexi-time and telehomework. This temporal and locational flexibility of work (TLF) is often seen as a means to facilitate the...
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Changes in working hours are driving earnings inequality
Beckmannshagen, Mattis; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 32/34, pp. 195-201
whose share of the workforce has increased significantly in recent years: employed women and service sector employees. Had …
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Older workers and working time
Bell, David N. F.; Rutherford, Alasdair C. - 2013
Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...
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Extensive and intensive margins of labour supply : working hours in the US, UK and France
Blundell, Richard W.; Bozio, Antoine; Laroque, Guy - 2011
This paper documents the key stylised facts underlying the evolution of labour supply at the extensive and intensive margins in the last forty years in three countries: United-States, United-Kingdom and France. We develop a statistical decomposition that provides bounds on changes at the...
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Extensive and Intensive Margins of Labour Supply : Working Hours in the US, UK and France
Blundell, Richard W. - 2011
This paper documents the key stylised facts underlying the evolution of labour supply at the extensive and intensive margins in the last forty years in three countries: United-States, United-Kingdom and France. We develop a statistical decomposition that provides bounds on changes at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119012
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Employment, Hours of Work and the Optimal Design of Earned Income Tax Credits
Blundell, Richard W. - 2008
This paper examines the optimal schedule of marginal tax rates and the design of earned income tax credits. The analysis is based on a structural labour supply model which incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and welfare system....
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Children, Kitchen, Church : Does Ethnicity Matter?
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2007
Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labor force participation of females from...
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Longer working hours and maternal mental health : a comparison of single vs. partnered mothers
Simpson, Julija; Wildman, John; Bambra, Clare; Brown, … - 2024
Single mothers have experienced increasing work requirements both in the UK and in other developed countries. Little is known how increasing working hours may have affected their mental health. We investigate the impact of increasing working hours on mental health of single mothers, and compare...
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