We test whether work in childhood impacts on health. We focus on agricultural work, the dominant form of child work … level surveys. We use three indicators of health: body mass index; reported illness; and, height growth. There is clear … evidence of a healthy worker selection effect. We find little evidence of a contemporaneous impact of child work on health but …

-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 …

-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 …

We present identification and estimation results for the "collective" model of labour supply in which there are …

We present identification and estimation results for the "collective" model of labour supply in which there are …

Using data from the 2006 Turkish Time-Use Survey, we examine gender differences in time allocation among married … heterosexual couples over the life cycle. While we find large discrepancies in the gender division of both paid and unpaid work at … each life stage, the gender gap in paid and unpaid work is largest among parents of infants compared to parents of older …

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 …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative … showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle - with the largest health improvements occurring among men …