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Regulacje prawne tworzenia, rozwoju i rozpadu rodzin w Polsce.
Matysiak, Anna; Wrona, Grzegorz - Instytut Statystyki i Demografii, Szkoła Główna … - 2010
Demografowie coraz czêœciej wskazuj¹ na rolê regulacji prawnych dla kszta³towania decyzji jednostek w obszarze formowania, rozwoju i rozpadu rodzin. Regulacje te okreœlaj¹ koszty i korzyœci podejmowania okreœlonych dzia³añ. Na przyk³ad, przepisy reguluj¹ce prawa i obowi¹zki...
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Bargaining at divorce: The allocation of custody
Halla, Martin; Atteneder, Christine - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2006
We model the bargaining process of parents over custody at the time of divorce. First we assume an institutional setting where only sole custody is available. In a second step we reform this institutional setting and introduce the possibility of joint custody. We show that some parents, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627280
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
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Is There A Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 U.S. Fertility Decline
Bailey, Martha J.; Guldi, Melanie E.; Hershbein, Brad J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Dramatic fertility swings over the last 100 years have been the subject of large literatures in demography and economics. Recent research has claimed that the post-1960 fertility decline is exceptional enough to constitute a "Second Demographic Transition." The empirical case for a Second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969391
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Family Planning: Program Effects
Miller, Grant; Babiarz, Kimberly Singer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This chapter reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low … throughout the life cycle. Though effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning … programs may only explain a small share of fertility decline in real-world settings. Family planning programs may also have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951137
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Life Expectancy in North-Western Transylvania (latter half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century)
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Our research on life expectancy started from analysing mortality in the counties of Bihor and Sătmar. We focused on different elements influencing mortality rate. The frequent mortality crises and daily life in the countryside in north-western Transylvania resulted in a low life expectancy at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258832
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Becoming an Adult in France, Estonia and Russia
Mitrofanova, Ekaterina - 2017
The aim of this study is to compare the sociodemographic events marking the transition to adulthood in France, Estonia and Russia: first leaving parents, completion of education, first partnership, first marriage and first childbirth. We used the first waves of the Generations and Gender Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118068
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Looking Back : Marriage, Divorce, and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Aiyagari, S. Rao; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065009
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With a little help from my mother : the matrilineal advantage in European grand parenting
Brunello, Giorgio; Yamamura, Eiji - 2021
This study documents the matrilineal advantage in grandparent - grandchildren relationships in Europe, using data on 20 European countries and Israel from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE). We show that maternal grandparents look after grandchildren and provide financial or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518202
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Stable income, stable family
Lindo, Jason M.; Regmi, Krishna; Swensen, Isaac D. - 2022
that leverages state-level changes in maximum benefits over time and comparisons across workers who have been laid off and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187890