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We investigate spillovers in spousal labour supply exploiting independent variation in hours worked generated by the introduction of the shorter workweek in France in the late 1990s. We find that female and male employees treated by the shorter legal workweek reduce their weekly labour supply by...
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impact of the COVID pandemic on the mental health of school-age children in England. We focus on how the significant pandemic … induced disruptions to parental employment affected children and through what mechanisms, using unique nationally … significant and negative impact on children's mental health of around 9% of a standard deviation equivalent to around 30% of the …
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this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases parents' time spent looking after children and working. Using …-nuclear families with children under fifteen years of age. We find that fathers' alcohol consumption has a negative impact on their …
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light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low …
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light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response ist strongest for single parents and low …
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This study is the first to estimate the price elasticities of demand for both medical rehabilitation programs and treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in authorized medical facilities on referral from a physician....
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parents and a joint labour supply equation for couples in New Zealand. The data are based on pooled cross-sectional data from … estimated parameters which show that single parents and single women are the most responsive, whilst partnered men and single …
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in the labour market and to address income adequacy issues for families with children. The results presented in this … increases labour supply of sole parents by an average of 0.62 hours per week, but decreases labour supply of married men and … for sole parents. These changes in labour supply are reflected in the tax revenue, family payment and benefit income …
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reduce elderly parents' need to work. Taking the possible endogeneity of children's transfers in the parents' labour supply … by their children and on their own labour supply. This paper examines whether monetary transfers from children help to … fully substitute for parents' labour supply. …
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This study examines the effects of parental labor market activities on children's education attainment. In contrast to … the existing literature we consider parental experiences until the children graduate from school. In addition, the effects … drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel an ordered probit estimator is used to model children's education attainment …
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