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Can government policies reverse undesirable declines in fertility?
Brainerd, Elizabeth - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … Union. Fertility rates are converging on—and sometimes falling below—rates in Western Europe, most of which are below …
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Can government policies reverse undesirable declines in fertility?
Brainerd, Elizabeth - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet … Union. Fertility rates are converging on—and sometimes falling below—rates in Western Europe, most of which are below …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404846
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Family structure and children’s educational attainment in transition economies
Mangiavacchi, Lucia - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Compared to developing economies, European transition economies had high levels of human capital when their transitions began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena...
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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women
Furtado, Delia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10
particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …
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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany
Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for … cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total … fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of completed cohort fertility rates in the countries of origin as …
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Completed fertility effects of family policy measures: Evidence from a life-cycle model
Abiry, Raphael; Reuss, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a … childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower … a negligible effect on fertility. …
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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits: Evidence from a structural model
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …
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Female education and its impact on fertility
Kim, Jungho - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
The negative correlation between women’s education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women’s education level could affect fertility through its impact on women’s health and …
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The effects of recessions on family formation
Kondo, Ayako - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Low fertility rates are a cause of social concern in many developed countries, with growing youth unemployment often … important insights into the type of policies that would be most effective in promoting fertility. …
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Should common law marriage be abolished?
Grossbard, Shoshana - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and some other countries also have several types of...
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