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Divorce, abortion and children's sex ratio : the impact of divorce reform in China
Sun, Ang; Zhao, Yaohui - 2014
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360909
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Work and family : marriage, children, child gender and the work hours and earnings of West German men
Choi, Hyung-Jai (contributor); Joesch, Jutta M. (contributor) - 2005
) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by … supply model reveals that men who remain with female children are strongly positively selected (in terms of their work hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115147
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Divorce, Abortion and Children's Sex Ratio : The Impact of Divorce Reform in China
Sun, Ang - 2014
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052555
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Work and Family : Marriage, Children, Child Gender and the Work Hours and Earnings of West German Men
Choi, Hyung-Jai; Lundberg, Shelly J.; Joesch, Jutta M. - 2021
-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by … supply model reveals that men who remain with female children are strongly positively selected (in terms of their work hours …) relative to men who remain with male children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318249
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Stable income, stable family
Lindo, Jason M.; Regmi, Krishna; Swensen, Isaac D. - 2022
We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy that leverages state-level changes in maximum benefits over time and comparisons across workers who have been laid off and those that have not been laid off. The results indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187890
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Do Family Policies Affect Births, Maternal Employment and Marital Stability?
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2021
the birth of a child. Our setting enables us to examine the effect of family policies in a region with patriarchal gender … norms with respect to housework, where women were the main providers of care within the household, but egalitarian gender … norms with respect to the labor market, where most women participated in the labor market full-time. Patriarchal gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234563
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Does paternity leave promote gender equality within households?
González, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
sufficiently low gender wage gap), Intermediate-gap couples (with an intermediate gender wage gap) and high-gap couples (with a … sufficiently high gender wage gap). Our model predicts that while egalitarian couples never specialize and always share home … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669786
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Political role models, child marriage, and women's autonomy over marriage in India
Castilla, Carolina - 2017
. The effects seem to be driven by changes in gender and cultural norms, because there is a reduction in the prevalence of … arranged marriages with minimum involvement of the bride. Overall results suggest a change in gender norms after 18 years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653597
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Marriage, children, and labor supply: beliefs and outcomes
Gong, Yifan; Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Stinebrickner, Ralph - 2020
While a large literature is interested in the relationship between family and labor supply outcomes, little is known about the expectations of these objects at earlier stages. We examine these expectations, taking advantage of unique data from the Berea Panel Study. In addition to characterizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286536
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Choice without consciousness : women's participation in household decisions and gender equality in children's education
Saleemi, Sundus; Kofol, Chiara - 2020
that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality …In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation …'s awareness of gender equality can reduce inequality between boys and girls at the household level. We estimate these effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149916