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TWO PAPERS ON FERTILITY - THE CASE OF SWEDEN

Westerberg, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2006

This thesis consists of two papers dealing with fertility in Sweden. In paper [1] we discuss possible explanations for … paper [2] has as starting point the number of children born by women in Sweden. A zero inflated Poisson model is applied to … analyse if economic and social conditions have any impact on the number of children born by women in Sweden. The study is …

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Variations in Fertility - a Consequense of Other Factors Besides Love?

Löfström, Åsa; Westerberg, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2006

The purpose of this paper is to discuss possible explanations for the variation in the Swedish fertility rate. We are primarily interested in economic and social conditions and their impact on the total fertility rate between 1965 and 2003. The results from the study support a positive ...

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MoreWork, Less Kids - The Relationship Between Market Experience and Number of Children

Westerberg, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2006

born by women in Sweden. The results support (not surprisingly) a negative correlation between women’s working …

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Parental leave regulations, mothers' labor force attachment and fathers' childcare involvement : evidence from a natural experiment

Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2012

In 2007 Germany implemented a generous parental leave regulation in order to make parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for mothers. We evaluate the reform using a natural experiment that compares outcomes of parents with children born shortly after and...

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From Parents' Cradle to Children's Career: Intergenerational Effects of Parental Investments

de Vries, Sander; Ketel, Nadine; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2024

There is a clear consensus that childhood experiences shape adult success, yet there is limited understanding of their impact on future generations. We proxy parental investments during childhood with birth order and study whether disadvantages due to lower investments are transmitted to future...

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Influence of age of child on differences in marital satisfaction of males and females in East Asian countries

Yamamura, Eiji; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2011

Using individual-level data from China, Korea, and Japan for 2006, this research examines how the age of children of the relationship influences marital satisfaction for males and females in East Asian countries. Our results show that the marital satisfaction of males is barely affected by a...

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Influence of age of child on differences in life satisfaction of males and females: Comparative study among East Asian countries.

Yamamura, Eiji - 2012

Using individual-level data for China, Korea, and Japan for 2006, this research examines how the age of children influences life satisfaction for males and females in East Asian countries. Our results show that the life satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of the relationship,...

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Influence of age of child on differences in life satisfaction of males and females: A comparative study among East Asian countries

Yamamura, Eiji - 2012

Using individual-level data for China, Korea, and Japan for 2006, this research examines how life satisfaction for married males and females in East Asian countries is influenced by the age of their children. Our results show that the life satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of...

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Family size and domestic violence in a high-fertility society

Pritadrajati, Dyah - 2023

Does family size affect the prevalence of domestic violence? Using nationally representative survey data from Samoa, which has among the world's highest fertility rates, I extend the classic work on child quantity-quality trade-offs to also consider domestic violence. Identification is based on...

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Preferences for childcare policies: theory and evidence

Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008

We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...

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