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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities
Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per-Olov; Lindahl, Erica - 2013
long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering … parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by between 0.5 days per month (during the child's third year) and 0.85 days per … ; parenthood ; sickness insurance ; work absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738357
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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities
Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per-Olov; Lindahl, Erica - 2013
long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering … parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by between 0.5 days per month (during the child's third year) and 0.85 days per … ; parenthood ; sickness insurance ; work absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740406
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Gender Differences in Sickness Absence and the Gender Division of Family Responsibilities
Angelov, Nikolay - 2013
long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering … parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by between 0.5 days per month (during the child's third year) and 0.85 days per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082133
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Do parents' flexible working hours affect fathers' contribution to domestic work? : evidence from a factorial survey
Krug, Gerhard; Bähr, Sebastian; Diener, Katharina; … - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of fathers' flexible working hours on their willingness to contribute to domestic work. We first hypothesize that fathers will contribute more if they have the possibility to work flexible hours. Second, fathers are assumed to contribute less if their female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199477
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Specialization in same-sex and different-sex couples
Hofmarcher, Thomas; Plug, Erik J. S. - 2021
We examine time allocation decisions in same-sex and different-sex couples from a Beckerian comparative advantage perspective. In particular, we estimate the comparative advantage relationship between time spent on either market or household activities and a dummy for being the highest earner in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612672
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How the COVID-19 lockdown affected gender inequality in paid and unpaid work in Spain
Farré, Lídia; Fawaz, Yarine; González, Libertad; … - 2020
The covid-19 pandemic led many countries to close schools and declare lockdowns during the Spring of 2020, with important impacts on the labor market. We document the effects of the covid-19 lockdown in Spain, which was hit early and hard by the pandemic and suffered one of the strictest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243435
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Family Bargaining and the Gender Gap in Informal Care
Canta, Chiara; Cremer, Helmuth - 2022
We study the optimal long-term care policy when informal care can be provided by children in exchange for monetary transfers by their elderly parents. We consider a bargaining model with single-child families. Daughters have a lower labor market wage and a lower bargaining power within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078677
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Family Bargaining and the Gender Gap in Informal Care
Canta, Chiara; Cremer, Helmuth - 2022
We study the optimal long-term care policy when informal care can be provided by children in exchange for monetary transfers by their elderly parents. We consider a bargaining model with single-child families. Daughters have a lower labor market wage and a lower bargaining power within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030199
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Family bargaining and the gender gap in informal care
Canta, Chiara; Cremer, Helmuth - 2022
We study the optimal long-term care policy when informal care can be provided by children in exchange for monetary transfers by their elderly parents. We consider a bargaining model with single-child families. Daughters have a lower labor market wage and a lower bargaining power within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337358
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Family bargaining and the gender gap in informal care
Canta, Chiara; Cremer, Helmuth - 2022
We study the optimal long-term care policy when informal care can be provided by children in exchange for monetary transfers by their elderly parents. We consider a bargaining model with single-child families. Daughters have a lower labor market wage and a lower bargaining power within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013343238