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THE ROLE OF PARTNERSHIP STATUS AND EXPECTATIONS ON THE EMANCIPATION BEHAVIOUR OF SPANISH GRADUATES
Méndez, Ildefonso; Maeso, Francisco - Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) - 2008
women, the marginal effect of having a partner is three times larger than that of working. Expectations measures reveal … respondents’ expectations about living with their partner and about their employed partners losing their job or becoming …’s emancipation since conventional datasets do not collect this information. To fill this gap we have collected a unique dataset of 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518035
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Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes : Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India
Dhar, Diva - 2020
Societal norms about gender roles contribute to the economic disadvantages facing women in many developing countries. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at eroding support for restrictive gender norms, specifically a multi-year school-based intervention in Haryana, India, that engaged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012850648
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Dreaming in Spain: Parental Determinants of Immigrant Children’s Ambition
Portes, Alejandro; Vickstrom, Erik; Haller, William; … - Center for Migration and Development Studies, Woodrow … - 2011
We examine determinants of educational and occupational aspirations and expectations among children of immigrants in …-wise regressions, the effects of these goals and other parental and family characteristics on childrens aspirations and expectations. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720785
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Moving Ahead in Madrid: Aspirations and Expectations in the Spanish Second Generation
Portes, Alejandro; Aparicio, Rosa; Haller, William; … - Center for Migration and Development Studies, Woodrow … - 2011
This paper examines determinants of aspirations and expectations among children of immigrants based on a statistically … Madrid. We review the past literature on status attainment in general and aspirations and expectations, in particular, and …. We present breakdowns of educational and occupational aspirations and expectations by gender, parental education and type …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150017
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Elder Care, Work, and Gender : The Work-Family Issue of the 21st Century
Smith, Peggie R. - 2008
Whereas the overwhelming majority of work-family discussions center on the needs of workers with children, this Article highlights the importance of conceptualizing such discussions in a comprehensive fashion that extends beyond child care. Specifically, the Article explores work-family policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772912
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Does paternity leave promote gender equality within households?
González, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the allocation of time between child rearing and the labor market. They can choose the non-cooperative outside option or cooperate by reaching an agreement of specialization in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669786
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Brothers increase women's gender conformity
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021
choice of occupation and partner. This results in a stronger response to motherhood in labor market outcomes. As a relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420246
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Consumption Inequality Among Children : Evidence From Child Fostering in Malawi
Penglase, Jacob - 2018
The share of household resources devoted to different children may depend on each child's gender, birth order, age, or relationship to their caretaker. However, it is challenging to determine whether parents favor certain types of children as consumption data is typically collected at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915923
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Frontier History and Gender Norms in the United States
Bazzi, Samuel; Brodeur, Abel; Fiszbein, Martín; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper explores how historical gender roles become entrenched as norms over the long run. In the historical United States, gender roles on the frontier looked starkly different from those in settled areas. Male-biased sex ratios led to higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247997
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Does Paternity Leave Promote Gender Equality within Households?
Gonzalez, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the allocation of time between child rearing and the labor market. They can choose the non-cooperative outside option or cooperate by reaching an agreement of specialization in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311580