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Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic … the analysis on two datasets: the American Community Survey and the Fertility Supplement of the Current Population Survey …
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This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …
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gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across marriage markets, we find that the prospect of paying higher dowry increases …-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …
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We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...
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This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is … students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. We provide a prototype of such a course, and we show how … gender-aware content and pedagogical tools can complement a course based on a standard textbook or set of articles. We also …
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economic development. Gender equality is an inherent part of Aid for Trade. This has also been reflected in the Buenos Aires … "analysing, designing and implementing more gender-responsive trade policies". Three key facts on women's economic empowerment … through Aid for Trade * Donors and partner countries have been devoting increasing attention to gender dimensions in Aid for …
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This paper looks at the various trade policies WTO Members have put into place to foster women's economic empowerment. The analysis below is based on the information provided by WTO Members as part of their Trade Policy Review (TPRs) process from 2014 to 2018. Reports from the WTO Secretariat,...
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We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014201044
Three important interconnected spheres shape women’s lives in Tunisia: marriage, fertility and agency over their lives … decisions women and their husbands make vis-à-vis procreation, along with fertility correlates such as age and education level …
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in existing surveys that frustrate a more nuanced inquiry into employment and fertility outcomes. Analysts and … questions that elicit retrospective histories of contraception and fertility for similar approaches to employment history, job …
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