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Household responses to trade shocks
Irastorza-Fadrique, Aitor; Levell, Peter; Parey, Matthias - 2023
against lost household earnings by increasing labour supply. We find that both own and partner responses to the shock vary … investigating household responses, and the self-employment margin, to fully understand the effects of trade shocks. …
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Household responses to trade shocks
Irastorza-Fadrique, Aitor; Levell, Peter; Parey, Matthias - 2024
We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales. We document both the direct employment changes of individuals affected by trade exposure, as well as the employment response of individuals whose partner is exposed to trade. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014505286
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Abortion and female power in the household : evidence from labor supply
Oreffice, Sonia - 2003
abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the legalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591311
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Household responses to individual shocks : disability and labor supply
Gallipoli, Giovanni; Turner, Laura - 2009
idiosyncratic shocks are experienced at the individual level, but responses to shocks can encompass the whole household …. Understanding and accurately modeling these responses is essential to the analysis of intra-household allocations, especially labor … disability and health status to develop a life-cycle framework which rationalizes observed responses of household members to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824514
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The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023
by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014373654
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Sexual orientation and household decision making : same-sex couples’ balance of power and labor supply choices
Oreffice, Sonia - 2008
I estimate how intra-household bargaining affects gay and lesbian couples’ labor supplies, investigating their … similarity to heterosexual decision-making, in a collective household framework. Data from the 2000 US Census show that couples … instead, or the richer. No effects are found for same-sex roommates. -- Household Decision Making ; Same-Sex Couples ; Labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008798529
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I'm not fat, just too short for my weight : family child care and obesity in Germany
Mahler, Philippe - 2007
Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in body weight but cannot explain the dramatic increase in the last two decades. The increase must be due to structural and behavioral changes. One such behavioral change is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892445
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Worktime regulations and spousal labor supply
Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2013
We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply by exploiting the design of the French workweek reduction, which introduced exogenous variation in one's spouse's labor supply, at constant earnings. Treated employees work on average two hours less per week. Husbands of treated women respond by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198500
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023
how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … show that — as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making — the intra-household differences in perceptions … perceptions. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … show that – as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making – the intra-household differences in perceptions …. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992