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Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behavior applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of...
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result of the “Family 500+” benefit. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and living in small … fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means … on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children …
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Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
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grandparental child care availability in the labor force participation of women with children under 15. We focus on Italy for two … several pension reforms in a relatively short time span. Our analysis shows that, among the women studied, those whose own … women’s labor force participation. We also demonstrate that the eligibility of maternal grandmothers mainly captures the …
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people in education, is also linked to the overall decline in youth unemployment. Finally, as regards education, the results … indicate that the number of years of education, the number of young people with vocational training and, to a lesser extent … a well-functioning education system and labour market institutions that do not introduce distortions into the labour …
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education system is a long-term mission and involves raising its pedagogical strength and orientation towards professional needs …
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This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
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among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …
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subsidised childcare help get and keep more women in the workforce, contribute to economic growth, offer cognitive and health …
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