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facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women’s total work is … arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with marital status; nor do they stem … from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
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The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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between vocational skills and available jobs, the record of vocational schooling has been more positive. Israel constitutes a …
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results show that discrimination plays a more important role in explaining gender wage differentials than in explaining ethnic …
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In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and … countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …
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Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labour supply. This paper examines the strength of those …
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This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent … rise of services, driven by structural transformation and marketization of home production, acts as a gender-biased demand …
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Recently, economists have established that culture defined as a common set of preferences and beliefs—affects economic outcomes, including the levels of female labor force participation. Although this literature has argued that culture is transmitted from parents to children, it has also...
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In recent years, the US, UK and Australia have lowered tax rates on high incomes and expanded tax credits and family transfer payments that are withdrawn on the joint income of a couple. These reforms result in significant changes in the structure of marginal and average income tax rates. In...
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In the early 1980’s Australia had a highly progressive, individual based income tax and families received support for dependent children in the form of universal family allowances. The introduction of income tests for child support payments based on family income (now in the form of Family Tax...
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