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rapidly ages. The analysis in this paper suggests that the combination of low female employment and low fertility in South …
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Social norms have been put forward as prominent explanations for the changing labour supply decisions of women. This paper studies the intergenerational formation of these norms, examining how they affect subsequent female labour supply decisions, taking into account not only the early...
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This paper shows how family policies aimed at reconciling the pressures of family and work generate substantial variation in labour market outcomes across developed countries. We use a life-cycle model of female labour supply and savings behaviour, calibrated to the US economy, to assess the...
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A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased …. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of this study is to identify the effect of maternal employment on … mechanisms that might explain this relationship. In order to address the selection into maternal full-time employment, we use an …
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-time employment is primarily affected by the mothers own resources and former career, the return to full-time work is more linked to … than the father, a group having the highest re- entry chances for mothers, especially into full-time employment. The …
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-entry into part-time employment is primarily affected by the mother's own resources and former career, the return to full … higher earning potential than the father, a group having the highest re-entry chances into full-time employment. The results …
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country? In this study, I implement a difference-in-discontinuities approach to examine possible adjustments in employment and …
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accordance with employment policies. Although some women participate on an equal footing with men, the "dual earner, gender …
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The pattern of employment among men and women has changed remarkably over the past decades. While the employment rate … in employment levels. In this paper we attempt to measure the impact of the changes of women and men's employment … examine the impact of employment changes on inequality in family income distribution and how this relationship has changed …
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heterogeneity. Results are used to relate cross-country differences in the employment rate to the estimated dynamic regimes. We find … that cross-country differences in the employment rate and the persistence of employment transitions of married women are … the dynamic effect of fertility. -- intertemporal labor supply ; female employment ; dynamic binary choice models …
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