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The economics of hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
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Gender bias in tax systems based on household income
Andrienko, Jurij; Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014
The assumption that household income is strongly and positively correlated with a household's real standard of living … earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … modelling and numerical simulations based on survey data, that household income is a poor indicator of household well-being. …
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Intertemporal labor supply : a household collective approach
Molina, José Alberto; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2018
(2002) to an intertemporal setting. We first develop a theoretical model to analyze the intra-household distribution of … setting. We show that wages are positively related to household labor supply, although cross and lagged effects show negative … correlates. Furthermore, the ability of wives to negotiate the intra-household allocation of non-labor income is mainly driven by …
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Husbands' and wives' diverging perceptions on who decides
Schwefer, Maximilian; Poutvaara, Panu - 2018
An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...
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Was the Georgian policy shifting public sector working hours by one hour "family friendly" and did it increase female labor participation?
Bezhanishvili, Levan; Appleman, William; Abramishvili, Zurab - 2020
by women with household responsibilities, some members of parliament believed that the new hours may be "family friendly …", i.e. convenient for combining career and household activities, and increase female labor participation. The policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271823
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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...
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Drivers of participation elasticities across Europe : gender or earner role within the household?
Bartels, Charlotte; Shupe, Cortnie - 2018
largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation …, gender and earner role within the household. Our results show an average elasticity of 0.08 for men and of 0.14 for women as … women stems predominantly from the earner role of the individual within the household and nearly disappears once we control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803194
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Drivers of participation elasticities across Europe : gender or earner role within the household?
Bartels, Charlotte; Shupe, Cortnie - 2018
largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation …, gender and earner role within the household. Our results show an average elasticity of 0.08 for men and of 0.14 for women as … women stems predominantly from the earner role of the individual within the household and nearly disappears once we control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864908
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Drivers of participation elasticities across Europe : gender or earner role within the household?
Bartels, Charlotte; Shupe, Cortnie - 2021
largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012617680
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Gender identity, co-working spouses and relative income within households
Zinovyeva, Natalia; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2018
Bertrand, Kamenica and Pan (2015) document that in the U.S. there is a sharp discontinuity to the right of 1/2 in the distribution of households according to the share of income earned by the wife, which they attribute to the existence of a gender identity norm postulating that a wife should...
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