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Female Self-Employment and Children: The Case of Sweden

Andersson Joona, Pernilla - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …

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The Timing of Maternal Work and Time with Children

Stewart, Jay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

I use data from the American Time Use Survey to examine how maternal employment affects when during the day that mothers of pre-school-age children spend doing enriching childcare and whether they adjust their schedules to spend time with their children at more-desirable times of day. I find...

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How Do Adolescents Spell Time Use?

Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Ribar, David C.; Stratton, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We investigate how household disadvantage affects the time use of 15-18 year-olds using 2003-2006 data from the American Time Use Survey. Applying competing-risk hazard models, we distinguish between the incidence and duration of activities and incorporate the daily time constraint. We find that...

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Spousal Influences on Parents’ Non-Market Time Choices

Connelly, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper considers the effect of spouse’s characteristics on three aggregated non-paid time uses, active leisure time; child caregiving time; and home production time, using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). The time diary of each married individual with children under the age of 13...

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The Role of Nonstandard Work Hours in Maternal Caregiving for Young Children

Connelly, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines the effect of the timing of mothers’ daily work schedules on the amount of maternal caregiving she engages in on that same day. We look at total caregiving time on weekdays, early morning and evening caregiving time on weekdays, and total caregiving time on weekends. Since...

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Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?

Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource...

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Use of Time and Value of Unpaid Family Care Work: A Comparison between Italy and Poland

Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study provides a comparison of the size and value of unpaid family care work in two European member States, Italy … are employed to separately estimate the value of family childcare and care of the elderly. The results show that, overall …, in Italy the number of people performing family care work is higher, also due to the larger population. Italians …

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Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

Apps, Patricia; Kabátek, Jan; Rees, Ray; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper introduces a static structural model of hours of market labor supply, time spent on child care and other domestic work, and bought in child care for married or cohabiting mothers with pre-school age children. The father's behavior is taken as given. The main goal is to analyze the...

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Work and Family: Marriage, Children, Child Gender and the Work Hours and Earnings of West German Men

Choi, Hyung-Jai; Joesch, Jutta M.; Lundberg, Shelly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …

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Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women

Farré, Lídia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

family responsibilities. Our evidence indicates that over the last decade immigration led to an important expansion in the …

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