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Does the gender composition in couples matter for the division of labor after childbirth?

Moberg, Ylva - 2016

-in-differences strategy is used to estimate the impact of the gender composition of the couple on the spousal income gap after childbirth. The … results indicate that the gender composition of the couple does matter for the division of labor after having children. Five … the same pre-parenthood income gap. Heterosexual couples’ division of labor seems to be influenced by traditional gender …

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Do parents' flexible working hours affect fathers' contribution to domestic work? : evidence from a factorial survey

Krug, Gerhard; Bähr, Sebastian; Diener, Katharina; … - 2020

This paper investigates the impact of fathers' flexible working hours on their willingness to contribute to domestic work. We first hypothesize that fathers will contribute more if they have the possibility to work flexible hours. Second, fathers are assumed to contribute less if their female...

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Household labor supply and intermarriage of immigrants : differences by gender

Basu, Sukanya - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 8, pp. 1-28

differ by type of marriage and gender of the immigrant—and, consequently, affect how spouses supply labor to the market …. The finding for intermarried female households is reversed, and gender-based specialization increases, when controls for …

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Husbands' and wives' diverging perceptions on who decides

Schwefer, Maximilian; Poutvaara, Panu - 2018

An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...

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Violence and female labor supply

Siddique, Zahra - 2018

This paper explores whether fear and safety concerns have an impact on behavior such as female labor supply in a developing country context. The effect of media reported physical and sexual assaults on urban women's labor force participation in India is investigated by combining nationally...

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Does the gender composition in couples matter for the division of labor after childbirth?

Moberg, Ylva - 2016

-in-differences strategy is used to estimate the impact of the gender composition of the couple on the spousal income gap after childbirth. The … results indicate that the gender composition of the couple does matter for the division of labor after having children. Five … the same pre-parenthood income gap. Heterosexual couples' division of labor seems to be influenced by traditional gender …

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Minimum wages and female labor supply in Germany

Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen Falko - 2012

; gender …

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Why are Married Men Working so Much?

Knowles, John - 2006

We document a negative trend in the leisure of men married to women aged 25-45, relative to that of their wives, and a positive trend in relative housework. Taken together, these trends rule out a popular class of labor supply models in which unitary households maximize the sum of the spouse's...

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School schedule and the gender pay gap

Duchini, Emma; Effenterre, Clémentine van - 2020

We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between … fathers' labor supply is unchanged. Consequently, the reform decreased the monthly gender pay gap by 6 percent, generating …

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Commuting time and the gender gap in labor market participation

Farré, Lídia; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Torrecillas, Juan - 2020

This paper investigates the contribution of increasing travel times to the persistent gender gap in labor market … gender disparities in labor market outcomes. …

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