Essays about: "female labor force participation"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words female labor force participation.
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21. Stability of fertility preferences and intentions : A new angle on studying fertility behavior in Germany
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Prevailing low fertility rates in several European states, such as Germany, have been studied widely in recent years. Findings include discrepancies between fertility preference and actual family size as well as between fertility intentions and fertility behavior; an ‘unmet need’ for children found on the individual and the societal level. READ MORE
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22. Female educational enrollment, labor force participation and economics growth - A panel-data study in Europe
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : During the last decades, female engagement in both educational and working activities has rapidly increased in many European countries. Hence, it is of interest to study whether this increase could be of significant importance for the economic growth. READ MORE
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23. Regional Variations in Female Labor Force Participation Rates in Sweden, 1870-1950
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The recent success story of gender equality in Sweden puts a shadow over the circumstances during Swedish industrialization when women both lost and won important positions in the economy and in society. Female labor force participation rates developed differently around the Swedish regions between 1870 and 1950 and regional heterogeneity can explain some of the variations where higher urbanization, economic growth and female relative wages had a positive impact on female labor force participation. READ MORE
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24. Migrations Among Educationally Homogamous Couples in The US: 1997-2013
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : As female labor participation rates, educational attainment, and occupational prestige improve the colocational dilemma of migration increasingly a problem. This paper seeks to determinine the difference in determinents and outcomes of interstate migration across educationally homogamous couples in the United States. READ MORE
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25. Is the welfare state in need of caregiving? Labor supply effects for informal caregivers in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper estimates labor supply effects for informal caregivers in Sweden using four waves of the SHARE data panel. To give daily or weekly care to a parent, step parent or parent in law is found to be more common among women than among men and is associated with lower employment probability for daily caregivers although the causal direction of the relationship is unclear. READ MORE