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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013

We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show...

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Employment of Mothers After Childbirth: French-German Comparison

Weber, Andrea Maria; Lauer, Charlotte - 2003

This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might not be representative for all women, we take account...

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The effects of a universal child benefit

Gonzalez, Libertad - 2011

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July 1, 2007. The regression discontinuity-type design...

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Women's Labour Supply after Childbirth: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland

Djurdjevic, Dragana - 2005

differences in the labour supply of women after childbirth. In Switzerland, childcare policy is an area being the responsibility … of cantons and communes. There are thus considerable geographical, linguistic and cultural differences in childcare … provision within the country. For instance, childcare policy is more strongly integrated at the cantonal level in the French and …

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Mortality, fertility and old age care in a two-sex growth model

Andreassen, Leif - 2004

The paper discusses the importance of decreasing mortality in explaining demographic change over the last century. A two-sex overlapping generations model is used where care both for children and the elderly is modeled. Assuming that the main costs of care are tied to time use (and thereby...

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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013

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The intergenerational transmission of gender role attitudes: Evidence from immigrant mothers-in-law

Bredtmann, Julia; Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Otten, Sebastian - 2017

The recent literature on intergenerational mobility has shown that attitudes and preferences are an important pathway for the intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes. We contribute to this literature by documenting that intergenerationally transmitted gender role attitudes also...

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-In-Law

Bredtmann, Julia; Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Otten, Sebastian - 2020

Previous literature has shown that attitudes and preferences are intergenerationally transmitted from parents to their children. We contribute to this literature by analyzing whether gender role attitudes are also transmitted across cultural boundaries, i.e., from immigrants to natives. Focusing...

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marriage and childbirth: Survey-based evidence from Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fischer, Sven - 2023

With a representative survey of 1,214 participants conducted in early 2022, this study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marriage and childbirth in Iran. The results of the empirical investigation using logistic regressions suggest that the experience of unemployment due to the...

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The Effect of Child Care and Part Time Opportunities on Participation and Fertility Decisions in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Economic models of household behavior typically yield the prediction that increases in schooling levels and wage rates of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and reductions in fertility. In Italy, as well as in other Southern European countries, low labor market participation...

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