This paper theoretically analyzes the macroeconomic effects of gender discrimination against women in the labor market in a New Keynesian model. We extend standard frameworks by including unpaid household production in addition to paid labor market work, by assuming that the representative...

This paper examines how culture determines within-couple gender inequality. Exploiting the setting of Germany's division and reunification, I compare child penalties of couples socialised in a more gender-egalitarian culture to those in a gendertraditional culture. The long-run penalty on the...

The paper is part of the research undertaken under ADER Project 16.1.2 - Models of development of short chains of valorisation on the pathway primary production-services-warehousing-processing-marketing, Stage 3. To diagnose the situation of fruit producers, a number of 153 questionnaires were...

We analyse a model in which families may either be “traditional” single-earner with caring for the child at home or “modern” double-earner households using market child care. Family policies may favour either the one or the other group, like market care subsidies vs. cash for care....

Whether couples pool their resources and behave like a unit or spend their income individually is crucial for social and tax policy. In this paper, I provide a test of the income pooling hypothesis using administrative cross-sectional survey data on expenditures and individual incomes of couple...

The impact of a job loss on partner's labour supply - often called the added worker effect - is a well-studied phenomenon. However, people might already adjust their labour supply when their partner is at risk of losing his/her job. Using Labour Force Survey (LFS) microdata, we quantify this...

The meat processing industry is strategically important for ensuring Ukraine's food security, as its products are essential in every person's diet, contributing to proper health. Therefore, it is important to examine its current state both through statistical data and by gathering and analyzing...

In this paper I investigate the causal relationship between labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility, two of the most important features of advanced labor markets in recent decades. The former relates to the disappearance of middle-wage routine jobs and the rise of both high- and...