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Child care, maternal employment and persistence : a natural experiment from Spain
Nollenberger, Natalia; Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - 2011
Reconciling work and family is high on many governments' agenda, especially in countries, such as Spain, with record … subsidized child care in Spain in the early 1990s, addressing the impact on mothers' short- and long-run employment outcomes (up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311488
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Child Care, Maternal Employment and Persistence : A Natural Experiment from Spain
Nollenberger, Natalia - 2011
Reconciling work and family is high on many governments' agenda, especially in countries, such as Spain, with record … subsidized child care in Spain in the early 1990s, addressing the impact on mothers' short- and long-run employment outcomes (up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121742
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Beyond the classroom: Using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266109
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Beyond the classroom : using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938718
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"Too shocked to search": the COVID-19 shutdowns' impact on the search for apprenticeships
Goller, Daniel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
This study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first analysis of apprenticeship supply that allows us to analyse the effects of the shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic before, during and after these shutdowns by means of daily searches for vacant apprenticeships. Analysing over 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517845
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"Too shocked to search" the COVID-19 shutdowns' impact on the search for apprenticeships
Goller, Daniel; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 157 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15
Even though the recession in Switzerland triggered by COVID-19 ultimately remained without consequences for the apprenticeship market, significantly fewer apprenticeship contracts had been signed in the months of the first shutdown in 2020 than in the same months of the previous year. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661057
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The long-term effects of a medical intervention : determinants and implications of orthotic equipment failure
Abubakar, Aisha; Bridges, Sarah; Owens, Trudy - 2023
This paper tracks the outcomes of a medical intervention which provided lower limb orthosis to adults with disabilities between 2012 and 2018. Six years after the intervention, over one-third of the recipients were still using their orthotic devices. Using a discrete time hazard model, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014239882
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School ICT resources, teachers, and online education : evidence from school closures in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Akabayashi, Hideo; Taguchi, Shimpei; Zvedelikova, Mirka - 2023
As schools worldwide were forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, they struggled to switch to online education. Using Japan's nationwide administrative data, we examine the impact of schools' ICT equipment and teachers' IT skills on the provision of online classes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250720
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"Too shocked to search" : the Covid-19 shutdowns' impact on the search for apprenticeships
Goller, Daniel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
This study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first analysis of apprenticeship supply that allows us to analyse the effects of the shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic before, during and after these shutdowns by means of daily searches for vacant apprenticeships. Analysing over 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510140
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"Too Shocked to Search" the COVID-19 Shutdowns' Impact on the Search for Apprenticeships
Goller, Daniel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
This study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first analysis of apprenticeship supply that allows us to analyse the effects of the shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic before, during and after these shutdowns by means of daily searches for vacant apprenticeships. Analysing over 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228861