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The economics of being LGBT : a review: 2015-2020
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences …, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to … heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings penalties of 9% in comparison to heterosexual men, and bisexual women faced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661529
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The economics of being LGBT : a review: 2015-2020
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences …, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to … heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings penalties of 9% in comparison to heterosexual men, and bisexual women faced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698191
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Housing, home ownership, tenure choice, first-time home-buyers, marriage, income risk
Fisher, Jonas D. M. (contributor);  … - 2009
home. Our findings indicate that a trend toward marrying later and the increase in household earnings risk that occurred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871276
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Living arrangements in Western Europe : does cultural origin matter?
Giuliano, Paola (contributor) - 2006
Why are there such large differences in living arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in living arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults living with their parents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301660
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Welfare reforms and cild well-being in the US and UK
Waldfogel, Jane (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on the well-being of children in low-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper finds some commonalities but also some notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003736733
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Pensions and housing wealth : quantitative data on market conditions for equity release schemes in the EU
Hennecke, Peter; Murro, Pierluigi; Neuberger, Doris; … - 2016
This paper examines the available data on market conditions for equity release schemes (ERS) in all EU member states to cluster Member States for subsequent extrapolation of the findings from six EU Member States (DE, IT, NL, IE, HU, and the UK) to the EU as a whole. It aggregates various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497823
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Birth order matters : the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment
Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Kee, Hiau Joo (contributor) - 2005
We use unique retrospective family background data from the 2003 British Household Panel Survey to explore the degree to which family size and birth order affect a child's subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a trade off between child quantity and 'quality'. Family size might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003053137
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The Effect of Family Structure on Parents' Child Care Time in the United States and the United Kingdom
Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - 2006
We use time-diary data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Surveys and the 2000 United Kingdom Time Use Study to estimate the effect of family structure on the time mothers and fathers spend on primary and passive child care and on market work, using a system of correlated Tobit equations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779029
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The Influence of Wages on Parents' Allocations of Time to Child Care and Market Work in the United Kingdom
Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - 2006
We use time-diary data on couples with children from the 2000 United Kingdom Time Use Survey to examine the impacts of own and partner's wages on parents' provision of child care and market work on weekdays and on weekends and holidays. We find that increases in partners' wages increase women's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779030
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Welfare Reforms and Child Well-Being in the US and UK
Waldfogel, Jane - 2010
This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on the well-being of children in low-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper finds some commonalities but also some notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758781