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Transition to a market economy is accompanied by a period of greater economic uncertainty. Women are likely to suffer …
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Transition to a market economy is accompanied by a period of greater economic uncertainty. Women are likely to suffer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289583
As part of the Europe 2020 strategy, European member states have committed to modernize and harmonize their welfare systems and to improve the quality of the means testing tools adopted to correctly identify the beneficiaries of welfare policies. This study contributes to the literature on means...
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This paper studies the distribution of resources within Albanian families in 2012 using a collective consumption model with two alternative specifications: the first enables the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources among male adults, female adults and children; the second...
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This work studies the impact of accounting for intrahousehold inequality in the distribution of resources for the measurement of poverty. For the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources the study relies on collective Engel curves. For the poverty analysis, we propose a fuzzy...
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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This paper investigates the behavioral responses of coupled men and women to a cash transfer program in Uruguay – Asignaciones Familiares-Plan de Equidad (AFAM-PE) –, by analyzing its effect on labor market responses, marital dissolution, and the decision-making process regarding the use of...
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This paper investigates the behavioral responses of coupled men and women to a cash transfer program in Uruguay - Asignaciones Familiares-Plan de Equidad (AFAM-PE) -, by analyzing its effect on labor market responses, marital dissolution, and the decision-making process regarding the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572284
In this study we explored the determinants of the women's labour supply and we attempted to identify the sharing rules for married couples. The analysis relied on data derived by the Iraqi Household Socio-Economic Survey (IHSES) in 2012–2013. The study considered the housework contributed by...
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