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The fallacy of "job robbing" : a meta-analysis of estimates of the effect of immigration on employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006
example, failure to control for endogeneity of immigration itself leads to an underestimate of its employment impact. …Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to … countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration …
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Diffusion of a social norm : tracing the emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands, 1812 - 1922
Poppel, Frans van; Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Walhout, Evelien - 2006
The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...
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Sin city?
Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2007
Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? Weinvestigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners bymoving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the...
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Exposure to intimate partner violence and children's dynamic skill accumulation : evidence from a UK longitudinal study
Anderberg, Dan; Moroni, Gloria - 2020
Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK longitudinal child development survey to study the relationship between verbal and physical abuse experienced by mothers and children's development up to the age of seven....
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Subjective well-being and partnership dynamics : are same-sex relationships different?
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017
Partnered individuals are happier than singles. This can be because partnership leads to more satisfactory subjective well-being or because happier people are more likely to find a partner. We analyze Dutch panel data to investigate whether there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective...
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Entrepreneurial couples
Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam van; Thompson, Peter - 2014
We study possible motivations for co-entrepenurial couples to start up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010. We compare their pre-entry characteristics, firm performance and postdissolution private and financial outcomes...
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Mental health effects of same-sex marriage legalization
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2021
Sexual minorities have had worse than average mental health, which may have to do with actual or perceived discrimination. Same-sex marriage legalization (SSML) is a typical anti-discrimination policy removing marital restrictions for sexual minorities. We study how this legislation affected...
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Female admission cap in higher education : the case of Iran
Hering, Laura; Baiardi, Anna; Namini, Julian Emami - 2021 - This version: July 2021
female labor force participation and employment, and a positive impact on marrying at a young age. Furthermore, we explore …
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Symbolism matters : the effect of same-sex marriage legalization on partnership stability
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Samesex marriage legalization allowed registered partnerships to be transformed into marriage. Since registered partnerships and marriages...
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Marriage and the city
Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005
Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are thereforeprepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, themarriage market benefits disappear while the housing...
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