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We use panel data from El Salvador to investigate migration and the intra-household allocation of labor as a strategy … for coping with uninsured risk. Consistent with a model of a farm household with a binding subsistence constraint, we show … labor within the household in El Salvador. In contrast, after damage sustained from the 2001 earthquakes, female migration …
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prices of household services, which are relevant for fertility and employment decisions. This paper analyses the effect of … immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household …
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population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are … of the choice of home childcare vs. labour supply. We are able to quantify each household's sensitivity to potential …
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the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions. …
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) skilled women and, among them, for women younger than 35 years of age. The negative change in household work attitude confirms … Arbeitsangebotsschocks bei haushaltsbezogenen Dienstleistungen auf die Fertilitätsentscheidungen und das Arbeitsangebot einheimischer Frauen …
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By exploiting a commuting policy that led to a sharp and unexpected inflow of Czech workers to areas along the German-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives. On average, the supply shock leads to a...
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We provide estimates of the effect of migrant labor supply on resident employment. We exploit variation in the number of asylum seekers eligible to the suspension of a major hiring restriction implemented in a subset of German counties. Our difference-in-difference design allows us to provide...
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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...
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