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Are children driving the gender wage gap? : comparative evidence from Poland and Hungary
Cukrowska, Ewa; Lovász, Anna - 2014
We examine how much children and responsibilities related with them contribute towards the divergence of men's and women's wages, and consequently, to the formation of the gender wage gap. To derive the relative contribution of gender specific wage inequalities caused by the parenthood to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380999
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The Impact of Children on Female Earnings in Britain
Viitanen, Tarja K. - 2005
participation and fertility. The wage differential between women without children and women with children is estimated to range … differential reduces to 16%-18% instrumenting participation and fertility, however, using the estimates obtained from the double …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066276
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Can women have children and a career? : IV evidence from IVF treatments
Lundborg, Petter; Plug, Erik J. S.; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2018
This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF (in vitro fertilization) induced fertility variation among … treatment success provides a plausible instrument for childbearing. Our IV estimates indicate that fertility effects on earnings … are: ( i) negative, large and long lasting; ( ii) driven by fertility effects on hourly earnings and not so much on labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824267
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Impact of first-birth career interruption on earnings : evidence from administrative data
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Walker, Mary Beth - 2014
This paper uses unique administrative data to expand the understanding of the role women's intermittency decisions play in the determination of their wages. We demonstrate that treating intermittency as exogenous significantly overstates its impact. The intermittency penalty also increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433978
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Comparative analysis of the motherhood gap in employment and wages : the role of family policies and their interaction
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2016
The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European countries. The role of family policies in explaining these inequalities is then examined by looking at a single policy as well as childcare and leave policies interaction. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451482
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Occupational match quality and gender over two cohorts
Addison, John T.; Liwen, Chen; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2018
Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931469
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: evidence from a Swedish IVF policy mandate
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2022
health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804260
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth : evidence from a Swedish IVF policy
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2023
and an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first comprehensive evaluation of SET. This is relevant given the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014342131
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The Impact of Children on Female Earnings in Britain
Viitanen, Tarja K. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
participation and fertility. The wage differential between women without children and women with children is estimated to range … differential reduces to 16%-18% instrumenting participation and fertility, however, using the estimates obtained from the double …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963930
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The impact of parenthood on the gender wage gap : a comparative analysis of 26 European countries
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa; Lovász, Anna - 2017
We use cross-national data on 26 EU countries to assess how much children and the responsibilities related to them contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867856