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When dad can stay home : fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health

Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019

While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...

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Bargaining for trade : when exporting becomes detrimental for female wages

Halvarsson, Daniel; Lark, Olga; Tingvall, Patrik; … - 2022

In this paper, we study the link between globalization of firms and gender inequality. Specifically, we examine how the need for interpersonal contacts in trade and gender-specific differences in negotiations are related to the gender wage gap. Our key finding is that export of goods that are...

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Collectively bargained wages and female earnings : evidence from Swedish local governments

Bustos, Emil - 2024

This paper studies how a special wage increase for assistant nurses in Sweden affected income and employment. Workers …

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Childcare costs and the demand for children : evidence from a nationwide reform

Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - 2009

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …

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Disease and fertility : evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic in Sweden

Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Ivets, Maryna; Karlsson, Martin; … - 2017

This paper studies the effect of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …

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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019

In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003 …

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Private equity, layoffs, and job polarization

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - 2015

Although private equity firms are often criticized for layoffs, little evidence exists regarding which employees lose their jobs and why. We argue that explanations for the job polarization process can also explain layoffs after buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation,...

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Acquisitions, multinationals and wage dispersion

Heyman, Fredrik (contributor); Sjöholm, Fredrik (contributor) - 2006

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Competition, takeovers and gender discrimination

Heyman, Fredrik (contributor); Svaleryd, Helena (contributor) - 2008

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How wage compression affects job turnover

Heyman, Fredrik (contributor) - 2008

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