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than singles, a novel result that runs against the intuition that family ties weaken self-selection. Secondary earners in …
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We present theory on international migration of dual-earner couples, and test it using Danish register data. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates is increasing in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
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Unemployment and low wages prevailing in the domestic market pushes female workers to look for better employment abroad. Investment in the shape of remittance further builds human capital, financial capital, and the social capital. The aim of this study is to analyze the trend of Bangladeshi...
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different regions of the world. The fraction of gender inequality explained by child penalties varies systematically with … gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in …This paper builds a world atlas of child penalties in employment based on micro data from 134 countries. The estimation …
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the years 2002-2018 to explore gender differences in flight behavior along three dimensions: reasons for leaving …. This gender difference decreases when conflict intensity is high. We also find significant differences concerning the …
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This paper studies the effect of emigration on gender norms in countries of migrants' origin. We use an instrumental … variable strategy that allows us to estimate a causal effect of emigration on gender inequality. Our findings suggest that … emigration to countries with low (high) levels of gender inequality is associated with promotion of more (less) progressive …
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Highly-skilled migrants are becoming a more important part of the world economy and of policy debates in a diverse set … of countries. The proliferation of skills around the world, increases in world trade, the growth of R&D, and the general …
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This paper studies the effect of emigration on gender norms in countries of migrants’ origin. We use an instrumental … variable strategy that allows us to estimate a causal effect of emigration on gender inequality. Our findings suggest that … emigration to countries with low (high) levels of gender inequality is associated with promotion of more (less) progressive …
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