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Removing Obstacles to Employment for Women in Ireland
Cournède, Boris - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
parents, implying that the return to work is low for many mothers. Working parents of school-age children also face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045645
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Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045809
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Family Policy in Hungary: How to Improve the Reconciliation between Work and Family?
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
Hungarian family policy focuses on providing generous options to take time off work to look after children. This system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045747
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Encouraging Labour Force Participation in Chile
Contreras, Dante; Mello, Luiz de; Puentes, Esteban - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
affordable child care for mothers with young children. Policies aimed at fostering human capital accumulation for the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045924
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Family Structure, Fertility and Child Quality in Colombia.
Ribero, R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
This paper analyzes how family structure and fertility alter children quality in Colombia. Reduced form models to … determine marital status of women and number of children ever born are estimated considering factors that affect women …'s bargaining powers inside the marriage. Tentative estimates of structural interdependence between these variables and children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783471
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Fertility and Child mortality in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Shultz, T.P.; Benefo, K. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783498
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Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households.
Del Boca, D.; Ribero, R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1999
Recent research reveals a negative impact of divorce on children's welfare as a consequence of the reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783511
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Demand for Children in Low Income Countries.
Shultz, T.P. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675222
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A Two-Tiered Demographic System: "Insiders" and "Outsiders" in Three Swabian Communities, 1558-1914
Guinnane, Timothy W.; Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013
Württemberg (southern Germany) from the mid-sixteenth to the early twentieth century. Using high-quality registers of births …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877999
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Housing, Financial and Capital Taxation Policies to Ensure Robust Growth in Sweden
McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Extensive structural reforms since the early 1990s have strengthened the resilience of the Swedish economy to shocks. However, more needs to be done to better manage near-term risks and ensure that growth remains sustainable in the longer run. Reforming the housing market would reduce the risks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277020