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Do hours restrictions matter? : a discrete family labor supply model with endogenous wages and hours restrictions
Wolf, Elke - 1998
The labor supply of West German married and cohabiting couples is analyzed using a discrete choice model. Following van Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the two spouses and net household income. Furthermore,...
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Maternity leave
Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022
countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414165
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The labor and health economics of breast cancer
Ahammer, Alexander; Pruckner, Gerald J.; Stiftinger, Flora - 2024
We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …
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The labor and health economics of breast cancer
Ahammer, Alexander; Pruckner, Gerald J.; Stiftinger, Flora - 2024
We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066059
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Effects of health shocks on adult children's labor market outcomes and well-being
Ramirez Lizardi, Eduardo; Fevang, Elisabeth; Røed, Knut; … - 2024
Using Norwegian administrative register data, we assess the impact of health shocks hitting lone parents, specifically … to the deteriorating health of a parent tend to be short-lived and mostly manifest as temporary absences from work rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048803
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428359
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445026
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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration : new empirical evidence
Christensen, Björn - 2002
This paper studies the reservation wages of unemployed persons and the wages offered them in Germany from 1987 to 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474648
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - 2015
. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of this study is to identify the effect of maternal employment on … childhood overweight in Germany using two sets of representative micro data. Moreover, we explore potential underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335006
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What drives paternity leave : financial incentives or flexibility?
Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023
Despite changing gender norms, few fathers decide to take parental leave after the birth of a child, and when they do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500606