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mathematics (STEM). Using data from the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), the author finds that women … type of grouping estimator and a control function approach is used. The estimation results show, that women in STEM work … in STEM work more hours, but have a higher probability to be out of the labour force. Additionally, empirical evidence is …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of … STEM undergraduate degrees, women are more likely to obtain a non- STEM master's degree. Then, after entering the labour …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of … STEM undergraduate degrees, women are more likely to obtain a nonSTEM master's degree. Then, after entering the labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209726
Several reforms increased the state pension age (SPA) in the UK and equalised it to age 65 for both men and women. We … on various aspects of personal, financial, and mental wellbeing. The effect is larger for women who have to wait longer … to reach their SPA, and smaller for women with a partner (compared to those without a partner). The effect of the reform …
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Using the New Immigrant Survey, we investigate the impact of immigrant women’s own labor supply prior to migrating and … female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female … labor supply countries work more in the US. Most of this effect remains after controlling for the women’s own labor supply …
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The recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major declines in employment of women, both from the demand … facilities. We provide projections of possible impacts of this reduction on less-educated women's future human capital framed … experience. We develop a new and modified form of the Mincerian log wage equation which we argue captures the effect of women …
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Childcare and women's employment decisions are intimately linked. I develop a dynamic model designed to analyse the … various life-cycle outcomes of women and men. Offering a 10 percent childcare subsidy expands the labour supply of single … women from lower-education backgrounds by 5.4 percent while married women, and higher-educated single women, respond much …
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We extend existing work on the dynamics of labor force participation by distinguishing between full-time and part-time employment and by allowing unobserved heterogeneity in the effects of previous employment outcomes, children and education on labor supply behavior. In addition, unobserved...
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expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data … as an instrument for own BMI to address potential endogeneity of BMI in hours worked. We find that White women with … higher BMI work more. This is true for both single and married White women. Results for other groups of women and men produce …
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expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data … as an instrument for own BMI to address potential endogeneity of BMI in hours worked. We find that White women with … higher BMI work more. This is true for both single and married White women. Results for other groups of women and men produce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664273