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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - Revised, October 2019
In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
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Reference income effects in the determination of equivalence scales using income satisfaction data
Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Kuhställer, Carina - 2016
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend … previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from … reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547742
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199826
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Culture of origin, parenting, and household labor supply
Brilli, Ylenia; Moriconi, Simone - 2024
This paper analyzes how culture affects the engagement of parents in child-rearing activities, and time allocations of parents inside the family. We use data from the World Value Survey to construct a country-specific measure of the value attached to obedience as a child quality, which we...
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The impacts of Covid-19 on racial inequality in business earnings
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2023
Many small businesses closed in the pandemic, but were economic losses disproportionately felt by businesses owned by people of color? This paper provides the first study of the impacts of COVID-19 on racial inequality in business earnings. Pandemic-induced losses to business earnings in 2020...
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Income mobility of owners of small businesses when boundaries between occupations are vague
Thoresen, Thor Olav - 2009
Ownership of small businesses can facilitate upward mobility through the income hierarchy and help individuals maintain … a place at the higher end of the income distribution hierarchy. This paper compares the positional stability of owners … faces definitional challenges. For instance, the Norwegian dual income tax system encourages owners of small businesses to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850142
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Knowledge is power : a theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2011
. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also … in line with our theory. -- redistribution ; welfare spending ; information ; income ; voting ; political economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314546
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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using … novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … for other reference groups, such as neighbours. Work-related income comparisons are mostly upwards and there is a strong …
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Estimating the influence of life satisfaction and positive affect on later income using sibling fixed-effects
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is … happiness. We consider how psychological well-being may influence income. Sobel-Goodman mediation tests reveal direct and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683363
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Asymmetries in earnings, employment and wage risk in Great Britain
Angelopulos, Kōnstantinos; Lazarakis, Spyridon; … - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between idiosyncratic risk in labour income and fluctuations in aggregate labour … BHPS sub-sample of Understanding Society for 2010-2014. We measure idiosyncratic risk in labour income by the relevant …
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