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We study the effect of childcare availability on child penalties. Using Swiss administrative data, we exploit the staggered opening od childcare facilities across municipalities in the canton of Bern. We find that the presence of childcare facilities in the year of birth of the first child...
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This is one of only a few studies on the division of care leave for sick children between parents in Sweden and the … parents with children born in 1999-2002 to analyse two aspects of working life that may influence how parents divide care …
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work) impact children's diets. We test the hypothesis that a decrease in the time spent by mothers in home production … negatively impacts children's diets. Moreover, the paper considers whether substitute caregivers and improved water … data collected from women traders includes women's time use, the food consumed by children in the previous 24 hours, and …
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In recent US recessions, employment losses have been much larger for men than for women. Yet, in the current recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true: unemployment is higher among women. In this paper, we analyze the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. We argue...
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This paper compares the labor market impact of grandparents before and after the arrival of the first grandchild. We show that grandmothers' labor market outcomes decline more steeply than grandfathers' after the first grandchild's arrival, leading to a 4-10 percent gender earnings gap 5-10...
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to … three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the … to use the mother's life satisfaction before the birth of her child as an instrument to eliminate potential reverse …
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pandemic across 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries, exploring the repercussions on labor market outcomes and children …'s learning losses. Our analysis reveals that mothers experienced a disproportionate increase in time dedicated to children … descriptive evidence that children's learning losses were less severe in countries where the gender disparity in pandemic …
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, subsidies for external child care, and parental leave payments. We compare the impact on the quantity and quality of children …
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Parents who undertake paid work are obliged to spend time away from their children, and to use nonparental childcare …. This has given rise to concern that children are missing out on parental attention. However, time-use studies have …. Since there are only 24 hours in the day, how do parents continue to be engaged in direct care of their own children while …
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