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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time : the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … level of social norms (including fertility preferences) that is transmitted from the migrant to the household. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824965
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The importance of being mature: the effect of demographic maturation on global per-capita GDP
Gómez, Rafael; Hernández de Cos, Pablo - 2006
Given that savings behaviour and worker productivity have strong life-cycle components and given that demographic profiles vary across countries, population age structure should be linked to differences in levels of economic development. In this paper we measure the economic importance of age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604716
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Child labor variation by type of respondent : evidence from a large-scale study
Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C. - 2013
This study uses a nationally representative survey to analyze a key survey design decision in child labor measurement: self-reporting versus proxy interviewing. The child/proxy disagreement affects 20 percent of the sample, which translates into a 17.1 percentage point difference in the national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755325
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Motherhood Employment Penalty and Gender Wage Gap Across Countries : 1990–2010
Chu, Yu-Wei Luke - 2020
In this paper, we use twin birth as an instrument to estimate the effects of fertility on female labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835888
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The Importance of Being Mature : the Effect of Demographic Maturation on Global Per-Capita Gdp
Gomez, Rafael - 2007
Given that savings behaviour and worker productivity have strong life-cycle components and given that demographic profiles vary across countries, population age structure should be linked to differences in levels of economic development. In this paper we measure the economic importance of age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778366
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Why are Women Working so Much More in Canada? : An International Perspective
Tsounta, Evridiki - 2006
This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780106
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Child Labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2021
In recent years, there has been an astonishing proliferation of empirical work on child labor. An Econlit search of keywords "child labor" reveals a total of 6 peer reviewed journal articles between 1980 and 1990, 65 between 1990 and 2000, and 143 in the first five years of the present decade....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317212
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Gender differences in reduced well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic - the role of working conditions
Zoch, Gundula; Bächmann, Ann-Christin; Vicari, Basha - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had very different impacts on the employment and family work conditions of men and women. Thus, it might have jeopardised the slow and hard-won reduction of gender inequalities in the division of labour achieved in recent decades. Using data from the National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494984
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Fostering, Child Welfare, and Ethnic Cultural Values
Badaoui, Eliane - 2018
This article examines the effects of fostering on children's labour supply and schooling in host families in Niger. The focus is on the causal role of ethnic inherited cultural values and behaviours in perpetuating fostering. In particular, at the ethnic group level, we rely on the inherited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912776
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The Importance of Being Mature : The Effect of Demographic Maturation on Global Per-Capita Income
Gomez, Rafael; de Cos, Pablo Hernández - 2006
Given that savings and productivity follow a hump shaped profile with respect to age and given that demographic profiles vary across countries, population age structure may be linked to differences in levels of economic development. In this paper we measure the importance of age structure in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057377