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responsibilities, the provision of childcare services might also help to increase fertility, which could contribute to relieving …
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average, paid more poorly per hour and part-time workers less frequently hold leadership positions, the average wages of women … between 30 and 50 years of age remain virtually constant. In contrast, the average wages per hour for men continue to increase …
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It is well known that highly 'female' fields of study in tertiary education are characterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …
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It is well known that highly 'female' fields of study in tertiary education are char- acterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148444
declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …
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We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....
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I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender conformity. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. I show that women with a brother...
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Do potential entrepreneurs remain in wage employment because of concerns that they will face worse job opportunities should their entrepreneurial ventures fail? Using a Canadian reform that extended job-protected leave to one year for women giving birth after a cutoff date, we study whether the...
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This paper shows that the time spent on parental leave affects mothers' careers several years after childbirth. It also … of mothers returning to work before their youngest child turns four. This further translates to increased representation … of employed mothers in high-skilled occupations and increases the average occupation wage of the affected mothers six to …
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gender norms on fertility and economic growth to explain the phenomena recently observed across high-income countries. To … this end, we construct an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility and labor supply, incorporating gender … norms and R&D activities. We demonstrate that conventional gender norms can impede fertility and economic growth …
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