Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,304
Cover Image
Chapter 7. Immigrants and Demography : Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility
Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 315-374). 2015
We discuss some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025476
Cover Image
Do joint custody laws improve family well-being?
Halla, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents’ divorce have changed dramatically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404971
Cover Image
Mass weddings, baby boom and full employment? : Nazi Germany's 1933 marriage loan and its efficacy in theory and practice
Somcutean, Cristina - In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 63 (2022) 1, pp. 267-301
In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This paper illustrates that the policy was rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262952
Cover Image
Do joint custody laws improve family well-being?
Halla, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) May, pp. 1-10
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents’ divorce have changed dramatically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274370
Cover Image
Way of love and after-marriage well-being : evidence from China
Li, Bowen; Zhou, Cai; Luo, Ji - In: International studies of economics 17 (2022) 3, pp. 394-410
Based on 2010 China Family Panel Studies, we use Ordered Probit, Instrumental Variables, and Conditional Mixed Process to analyze the effect of different ways of love on after-marriage well-being. The findings are: (i) Compared with arranged marriage, free love can significantly increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454423
Cover Image
A model of endogenous divorce and endogenous fertility
Fan, Chengze Simon - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 1, pp. 101-117
This paper examines the interaction between decisions on divorce and fertility. The analysis generates two major … development leads to a simultaneous increase in divorce rates and decrease in fertility rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622334
Cover Image
Access to Full-Time Employment: Does Gender Matter?
Smith, Meg; Tannous, Kathy - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 16 (2013) 2, pp. 237-257
Women are participating in the labour market in higher proportions than in the past, with the female participation rate in June 2012 standing at 58.9 per cent. However, a gendered pattern of workforce engagement persists, particularly as it concerns part-time employment; 70 per cent all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720615
Cover Image
Relationship break-down and the economic welfare of Australian mothers and their children
Gray, Matthew; Chapman, Bruce - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 10 (2007) 4, pp. 253-277
This paper provides estimates of the effects of divorce on the lifetime incomes of mothers. This is an issue that is … extends the existing literature, which has generally focused on the short-term economic implications of divorce for mothers …. Simulations are used to provide insights into the impact of divorce for a host of disparate circumstances. It is found that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565342
Cover Image
Non-aggression commitments and domestic violence margins
Benegas, Maurício; Carvalho Júnior, José Raimundo de … - In: Economics of transition and institutional change 30 (2022) 1, pp. 67-99
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795310
Cover Image
Women's empowerment and domestic abuse : experimental evidence from Vietnam
Bulte, Erwin H.; Lensink, Robert - In: European economic review : EER 115 (2019), pp. 172-191
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238101