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Divorce in Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn’t
Ono, Hiroshi - The European Institute of Japanese Studies, … - 2004
. The drive towards equal status between the sexes narrows the dependency between the spouses, and offsets the costs and … benefits of marriage. Lower dependency allows greater voice, and lowers the cost of exiting a marriage. The diversity of family … institution of marriage. Alternatively, the divorce rate in Japan is low compared to the U.S. and Europe because dependency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644851
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Literature review on fundamental concepts and definitions, objectives and policy goals as well as instruments relevant for socio-ecological transition
Dimitrova, Anna; Hollan, Katarina; Laster, Daphne; … - 2013
The research project WWWforEurope undertakes to lie the theoretical and empirical foundations for the embarkment on a new socio-ecological growth path in Europe. The new path underlines the need to guarantee Welfare as a broad universal principle for its population, assuring economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411012
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019
In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140446
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Ageing and mobility in Germany: are women taking the fast lane?
Kalinowska, Dominika; Kunert, Uwe - 2009
Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males and females. Moreover, in some countries results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271136
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Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019
In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179747
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Female labour force participation in subSaharan Africa: A cohort analysis
Backhaus, Andreas; Loichinger, Elke - 2021
Female labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. This paper aims to explain this aggregate pattern by decomposing it into the labour supply behaviour of different birth cohorts and age groups. Using representative and repeated census...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651131
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Zeit und Geld im Lebensverlauf - Empirische Evidenz und sozialpolitischer Handlungsbedarf aus der Geschlechterperspektive (Time and Money in the Life Course - Empirical Evidence an...
Klammer, Ute - In: Intervention. Zeitschrift fuer Ökonomie / Journal of … 04 (2007) 1, pp. 145-174
The article analyses the distribution of time and money from a life-course perspective, focussing on differences between women and men. Using different available data-sources, characteristic patterns of female and male life courses and their changes over time are being discussed. The article...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014363004
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Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2017
In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe Dahl and Moretti's (2008) son preference results, which found evidence that having a female first child increased the probability of single female headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744715
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Literature review on fundamental concepts and definitions, objectives and policy goals as well as instruments relevant for socio-ecological transition
Dimitrova, Anna; Hollan, Katarina; Laster, Daphne; … - 2013
The research project WWWforEurope undertakes to lie the theoretical and empirical foundations for the embarkment on a new socio-ecological growth path in Europe. The new path underlines the need to guarantee Welfare as a broad universal principle for its population, assuring economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431693
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Female labour force participation in subSaharan Africa : a cohort analysis
Backhaus, Andreas; Loichinger, Elke - 2021
Female labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. This paper aims to explain this aggregate pattern by decomposing it into the labour supply behaviour of different birth cohorts and age groups. Using representative and repeated census...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509410