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Also on Sundays, women perform most of the housework and child care

Samtleben, Claire - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 10, pp. 86-92

restrictions imposed by gainful employment, there is a gender- specific gap in time spent on housework and child care (gender care …

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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality

Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015

research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

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Culture : an empirical investigation of beliefs, work, and fertility a verification and reproduction of Fernández and Fogli (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009)

Gay, Victor - In: Journal of comments and replications in economics 2 (2023), pp. 1-15

In this article, I perform a verification and a reproduction of the main results in Fernández and Fogli (2009), which estimates the role of culture in explaining the labor and fertility decisions of second generation immigrant women to the United States in 1970. While I am able to verify...

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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine D. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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Do parents drink their children’s welfare? : intra-household allocation of time between market labour, domestic work and child care in Russia

Gianelli, Claudia Gianna; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Piccoli, Luca - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether parental alcohol consumption leads to a reduction of child welfare. To this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases parents' time spent looking after children and working. Using the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, we estimate a...

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The impact of COVID-19 on the gender division of housework and childcare : evidence from two waves of the pandemic in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on families' lives because of the increased demands of housework and childcare. Much of the additional burden has been shouldered by women. Yet, the rise in remote working also has the potential to increase paternal involvement in family life and...

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The impact of parental leave policy on child-rearing and employment behavior : the case of Germany

Chirkova, Serafima - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27

studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform … was to decrease birth-related maternal employment breaks by providing more generous parental benefits for a shorter period … childcare slots. Overall, I did not find significant changes in maternal employment during the first three years of motherhood …

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Universal pre-school and labor supply of mothers

Brewer, Mike; Cattan, Sarah - In: ifo DICE report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 8-12

availability of affordable pre-school services is also hoped to raise maternal employment, which in turn could promote gender …

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Can immigrants help women "have it all"? : immigrant labor and women's joint fertility and labor supply decisions

Furtado, Delia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-19

This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high-skilled US-born women in cities that have experienced larger...

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