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Space-Time Dynamics of Fertility and Commuting

Kotyrlo, Elena - 2014

The study contributes in analytical description of spatial diffusion of fertility, in particular, influenced by labour movements of people between places of residence and work. It is assumed that the labour market has externality on the marriage market due to commuting, which, in turn, affects...

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Spatial Typology of the Ageing Process in the European Union on the Level NUTS 2 Regions

Šotkovský, Ivan - 2014

The article is deal with the spatial differences of the demographic events between European Union regions. We are research spatial diferencies of ageing process between 272 NUTS 2 regions today. The analyses on this spatial level are working with the creation of cartogram method for processing...

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Is there a fertility paradox in Denmark?

Lauridsen, Jørgen T. - 2015

Alike most of the Western world, the Danish fertility rate declined throughout the 20th century simultaneous to economic growth. This development, which conflicts with economic intuition, has been denoted the fertility paradox, and several studies have been devoted to resolve it. The present...

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Are precariousness and temporality the main characteristics of the youth employment in Spain?

Adillón, Ma.Jesús Gómez; Piqué, Ma.Àngels Cabasés; … - 2015

In Spain the rate of youth unemployment has exponentially increased in the past few years, and it has turned into a … unemployment rate was already reaching 17,4% and some studies were alerting of the vulnerability of the above mentioned group of …

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Regulating Child Care Markets. Center-based Care vs. Family Day-Care in Germany

Zierow, Larissa - 2017

This paper uses child care reforms in Germany to investigate the effects of the legal and economic environment on publicly provided early child care quantity and quality. The analysis is based on administrative data covering all child care centers and family day carers in Germany and school...

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Bismarck in the bedroom? Pension reform and fertility: Evidence 1870-2010

Jäger, Philipp - 2017

Rising public pension generosity has frequently been cited as one reason for the (persistently) declining fertility rates in many advanced economies. Despite the theoretical appeal, empirical evidence on the pension-fertility nexus is limited. To fill this gap, I study country-level fertility...

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Economic Origins of Cultural Norms: The Case of Animal Husbandry and Bastardy

Eder, Christoph; Halla, Martin - 2017

We explore the origins of the cultural norm regarding illegitimacy and test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural production structures influenced the historical illegitimacy ratio, and have a lasting effect until today. Based on data dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, we use...

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Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare and Long-term Child Outcomes

Danzer, Natalia; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2017

institutions: formal childcare and parental leave. We assess the effectiveness of these two competing institutions in promoting …-term outcomes in communities with and without formal childcare facilities for under-3-year-olds. Empirical identification of … geographical variation in formal childcare. We find evidence that the counterfactual mode of care is decisive. If formal childcare …

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Does early child care attendance influence children's cognitive and non-cognitive skill development?

Kuehnle, Daniel; Oberfichtner, Michael - 2017

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio-economic and non-native backgrounds in the short-run, it remains unclear whether such positive effects persist. We identify the short- and medium-run effects of early child care...

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Detailed RIF Decomposition with Selection - The Gender Pay Gap in Italy

Töpfer, Marina - 2017

In this paper, we estimate the gender pay gap along the wage distribution using a detailed decomposition approach based on unconditional quantile regressions. Non-randomness of the sample leads to biased and inconsistent estimates of the wage equation as well as of the components of the wage...

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