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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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Die Jahre 1989 und 1990: das wirtschaftliche Desaster der DDR: schleichender Niedergang und Schocktherapie
Brenke, Karl - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 2, pp. 18-31
Die Wirtschaft der DDR war eine Ökonomie des Mangels. Im Jahr 1989 stand sie nicht weit vom Abgrund entfernt - paradoxerweise deshalb, weil die DDR über ihre Verhältnisse gelebt hatte. Im Zentrum der Politik stand über viele Jahre die konsumtive Verwendung der Wirtschaftsleistung; der Konsum...
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Die Jahre 1989 und 1990 : das wirtschaftliche Desaster der DDR ; schleichender Niedergang und Schocktherapie
Brenke, Karl - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 2, pp. 18-31
Die Wirtschaft der DDR war eine Ökonomie des Mangels. Im Jahr 1989 stand sie nicht weit vom Abgrund entfernt - paradoxerweise deshalb, weil die DDR über ihre Verhältnisse gelebt hatte. Im Zentrum der Politik stand über viele Jahre die konsumtive Verwendung der Wirtschaftsleistung; der Konsum...
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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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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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Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf die Fertilität: zum Stand der Kenntnis
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 1, pp. 145-162
) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects on fertility from a theoretical perspective. Then I refer to previous empirical studies that have examined these … have been able to identify causal effect, the evidence generally suggests positive fertility responses among high …
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