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We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility penalty to job …
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Russian governments to influence family formation models and fertility levels, in order to improve the demographic situation … spheres (maternity/paternity leaves, workplace flexibility measures), fertility promotion, childbearing and childcare support …
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first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …
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first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in … fertility decisions appears to have been outweighed by factors such as cost concerns in raising girls or increased female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124840
This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure … competition lead to a shift towards family, with more parental leave and higher fertility as well as more marriages and fewer …−if the worker is a woman. The female biological clock−low fertility beyond the early forties−is central to this gender …
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This paper analyzes how family structure and fertility alter children quality in Colombia. Reduced form models to … outcomes are outlined, revealing that marriage has a positive link with child quality and fertility has a negative link with …
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instrument fertility will under-estimate impacts of fertility on parental investments and women's labour supply. This is …
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This paper builds an age-structural model of human population genetics in which agents are endowed with a high-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner, work for firms, consume goods, save for old age...
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We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659414
We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664516