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Many authors argue that societal fertility levels are a function of changing gender relations, but the mechanism behind … this association remains unclear and mainly untested. This paper argues that the variation in realized gender roles and … gender role attitudes influences fertility: a great variation in attitudes among potential partners causes uncertainty and …
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This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit...
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This paper deals with factors determining work-related gender attitudes. With the spread of emancipative values the … difference between gender roles is becoming more vague but is still strongly dependent upon country characteristics. While gender … characteristics among factors determining gender attitudes in different types of countries. More specifically, we focus on the …
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's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …
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's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …
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This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between gender (in)equality and industrialization in the context … current differences in gender roles across societies. Moreover, it discusses the main drivers of the relationship between … gender equality, economic development and structural change with a focus on the mechanisms driving this complex relationship …
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