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but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …
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but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470355
timing, and investments in children. -- insurance ; women's labour supply ; added worker effect ; business cycles ; Africa …This paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women's labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing …
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but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952941
but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144690
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of the extended parental leave in the return to work for mothers of newborn children. Parental leaves have been introduced in the last 30 years in all European countries in order to extend the period of job-protection, allowing both parents to...
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examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child …
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While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in...
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the endogeneity problem, we use a unique survey on households with twin children and a comparison group of non-twin households. The ordinary least squares estimates show a negative...
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In 2007, seeking to increase female labor force participation and more generally ease burdens on working women, the Mexican government introduced an enormous expansion of a child care program: Estancias Infantiles para Apoyar a Madres Trabajadoras (EI). EI covers 90 percent approximately of the...
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