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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 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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Betreuungsgeld : familienpolitische Leistung oder Hindernis bei der Arbeitsmarktintegration?
Fendel, Tanja; Jochimsen, Beate - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 5, pp. 309-313
Betreuungsgeld für Eltern, die keine öffentliche Kinderbetreuung für Kinder im Alter von einem oder zwei Jahren in Anspruch nahmen …
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Measuring the effect of gender segregation on the gender gap in time-related underemployment
Acosta-Ballesteros, Juan; Osorno-del Rosal, María del Pilar - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-16
This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap for young adult workers in Spain. In order to analyse the relative importance of segregation in this gap, we develop a methodology based on two counterfactual simulations that...
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Gender gaps in Spain : policies and outcomes over the last three decades
Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez Marcos, Virginia - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 61-103
We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in the … gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work than males: about 76 % of working age males and 63 % of … contracts. The large increase in female employment, from 28 % in 1977 to 63 % in 2010, was accompanied by a significant decline …
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