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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2004
within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275026
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A biological basis for the gender wage gap : fecundity and age and educational hypogamy
Polachek, Solomon W.; Zhang, Xu; Zhou, Xing - 2014
This paper shows how a shorter fecundity horizon for females (a biological constraint) leads to age and educational disparities between husbands and wives. Empirical support is based on data from a natural experiment commencing before and ending after China's 1980 one-child law. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419016
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The decision to work by married immigrant women : the role of extended family households
Antecol, Heather (contributor); Bedard, Kelly (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We find differential rates of cohabitation with adult relatives as well as differential impacts of that cohabitation on the probability of employment for married female immigrants across regions of origin. This suggests that traditions and/or cultural determinants of family structure influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001769496
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Income Replacement Rates Among Canadian Seniors : The Effect of Widowhood and Divorce
Larochelle-Côté, Sebastien - 2012
Using a longitudinal database and fixed-effects econometric models, this paper assesses the effect of widowhood or widowerhood, and divorce after age 55 on income replacement rates during the retirement years. Among women, separation or divorce has a larger negative effect than does widowhood....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104478
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The Role of Labor and Marriage Markets, Preference Heterogeneity and the Welfare System in the Life Cycle Decisions of Black, Hispanic and White Women
Keane, Michael P. - 2006
women make joint and sequential decisions about school attendance, work, marriage, fertility and welfare participation. We … observed minority-majority differences in behavior can be attributed to differences in labor market opportunities, marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012734133
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - 2021
within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318921
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Labor Market Conditions at School-leaving: Long-run Effects on Marriage and Fertility
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Covington, Reginald; … - Economics Department, Temple University - 2015
In this study, we assess the long-run impact of labor market conditions at the time of school-leaving on marriage and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255339
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What Role Does Marriage Play in Urban Africa? Evidence from a High HIV Area in Kenya
Luke, Nancy; Munshi, Kaivan D. - 2010
The marriage institution, which plays an important role in regulating sexual activity in most societies, traditionally … the link between marriage and sexual activity on a sample of migrants in the town of Kisumu, Western Kenya, which reported …-marital partners than single men, but this regression does not account for selective entry into marriage. Indeed, the marriage effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081757
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The Role of Religion in Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States: A Review of the Recent Literature
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of recent research on the role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States. Relationships reviewed include the effects of religion on investments in human capital, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703829
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700901