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The determinants of the prevalence of single mothers : a cross-country analysis
González, Libertad (contributor) - 2005
This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of single mother families across countries and over time. A multinomial logit derived from a random utility approach is estimated using individual level data for 14 countries. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003117825
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Population and economic growth : a review essay
Škare, Marinko; Blažević, Sanja - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 40, pp. 1036-1053
For centuries, scientists from various scientific fields have been leading lively discussions on the (bidirectional) relationship between population growth and economic growth. Particular attention was given to the nature of the population growth variable, i.e. whether it is an endogenous or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824435
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506887
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The Baby Boom and World War II : A Macroeconomic Analysis
Doepke, Matthias; Hazan, Moshe; Maoz, Yishay - 2011
II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor … well as patterns for age-specific labor-force participation and fertility rates that are consistent with U.S data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014221040
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The Baby Boom and World War II : A Macroeconomic Analysis
Doepke, Matthias; Hazan, Moshe; Maoz, Yishay - 2021
II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor … well as patterns for age-specific labor-force participation and fertility rates that are consistent with U.S. data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325197
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International Migrants' Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
Chen, Y.Y. Brandon - 2022
International migration puts people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH), particularly those of women and children, at increased risk. However, many international migrants are denied access to timely and adequate SRH information, goods, and services by governments and/or service providers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291984
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Fertility, employment and family policy : A cross-country panel analysis
Fluchtmann, Jonas - 2023
This paper analyses the association of labour market outcomes and family policies with fertility trends between 2002 … entire period, these years have been marked by an initial catching-up of total fertility rates after marked declines in … previous decades. Furthermore, after peaking in 2008, total fertility rates declined substantially, fueling concerns about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435963
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The determinants of the prevalence of single mothers: A cross-country analysis
González, Libertad - 2005
This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of single mother families across countries and over time. A multinomial logit derived from a random utility approach is estimated using individual level data for 14 countries. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335416
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The determinants of the prevalence of single mothers: a cross-country analysis
González, Libertad - 2005
This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of single mother families across countries and over time. A multinomial logit derived from a random utility approach is estimated using individual-level data for 14 countries. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274011
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Fertility Response to Climate Shocks
Dessy, Sylvain - 2019
such as droughts can lower the opportunity cost of having children, and raise fertility. Using longitudinal household data … from Madagascar, we estimate the causal effect of drought occurrences on fertility, and explore the nature of potential …. Analyzing the mechanism, we find that droughts have no effect on common underlying factors of high fertility such as marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891509