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289 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7254
The Labor Market Behavior of Married Women with Young Children in the U.S.: Have Differences by Religion Disappeared?
Evelyn L. Lehrer, Yu Chen
published in Keister, L. and Sherkat, D. (eds.): Religion and Inequality in America - Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7197
Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector: The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian
publslihed as 'Female Employment in MENA’s Manufacturing Sector: The Implications of Firm-related and National Factors' in: Economic Change and Restructuring, 2015, 48 (1), 37-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7115
Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (2), 223-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7065
Mothers' Labour Market Participation: Do Grandparents Make It Easier?
Bruno Arpino, Chiara D. Pronzato, Lara P. Tavares
published in: European Journal of Population, 2014, 30, 369-390
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7059
Going to School in Purdah: Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6933
For Some Mothers More Than Others: How Children Matter for Labour Market Outcomes When Both Fertility and Female Employment Are Low
Krzysztof Karbownik, Michal Myck
revised version published in: Economics of Transition, 2016, 24(4), 705-725
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896
Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106: 199-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6830
Getting Back into the Labor Market: The Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for Unemployed Females
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(4), 1005-1043
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6809
Trade Liberalization and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Brazil
Isis Gaddis, Janneke Pieters
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(2), 457-490
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6784
Does It Pay for Women to Volunteer?
Robert M. Sauer
published in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56(2), 537-564
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6663
The Impact of Female Employment on Male Wages and Careers: Evidence from the English Banking Industry, 1890-1941
Andrew Seltzer
published in: Economic History Review, 66, 4 (2013), 1039–1062.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6616
Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Turkey: Is There an Added or a Discouraged Worker Effect?
Deniz Karaoğlan, Cagla Okten
published as 'Labor-Force Participation of Married Women in Turkey' in: Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, 2015, 51 (1), 274-290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6395
Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India's Economic Boom
Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6148
Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
substantially revised paper appeared as DP No. 10830
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6071
The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Oscar A. Mitnik, Adrian Peralta-Alva, Maximilian D. Schmeiser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6019
Maternal Autonomy and the Education of the Subsequent Generation: Evidence from Three Contrasting States in India
Marco Alfano, Wiji Arulampalam, Uma Kambhampati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5918
Exploring the Impacts of Public Childcare on Mothers and Children in Italy: Does Rationing Play a Role?
Ylenia Brilli, Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato
published as 'Does Child Care Availability Play a Role in Maternal Employment and Children's Development? Evidence from Italy' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2016 ,14(1), 27-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5817
Migrant Women on the Labour Market: On the Role of Home- and Host-Country Participation
Suzanne Kok, Nicole Bosch, Anja Deelen, Rob Euwals
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5729
A Panel Data Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Married Women's Labor Supply
Kenneth Troske, Alexandru Voicu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5703
Does Cash for School Influence Young Women's Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
Andaleeb Alam, Javier E. Baez, Ximena V Del Carpio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5703
Does Cash for School Influence Young Women's Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
Andaleeb Alam, Javier E. Baez, Ximena V Del Carpio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5649
Hidden Consequences of a First-Born Boy for Mothers
Andrea Ichino, Elly-Ann Lindström, Eliana Viviano
published in: Economic Letters, 2014, 123 (3), 274–278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5645
Women and Power: Unwilling, Ineffective, or Held Back?
Pablo Casas-Arce, Albert Saiz
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123 (3), 641–669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5637
Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5438
Mother's Autonomy and Child Welfare: A New Measure and Some New Evidence
Tanika Chakraborty, Prabal K. De
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5419
Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate: Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5162
Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis
John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 779-809
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5118
Assortative Mating and Female Labor Supply
Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (3), 603-631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5089
The Opt-Out Revolution: A Descriptive Analysis
Heather Antecol
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 45-83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4577
Do Institutions Have a Greater Effect on Female Entrepreneurs?
Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published as 'Institutions and female entrepreneurship' in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 37 (4), 397-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4568
Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
Andrea Weber, Christine Zulehner
published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (2), 358-361
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4550
Dynamic Female Labor Supply
Zvi Eckstein, Osnat Lifshitz
published in: Econometrica, 2011, 79 (6), 1675–1726
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4526
Competition and Gender Prejudice: Are Discriminatory Employers Doomed to Fail?
Andrea Weber, Christine Zulehner
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12(2), 492-521
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4504
Money for Nothing? Universal Child Care and Maternal Employment
Tarjei Havnes, Magne Mogstad
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1455-1465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4500
Now Daddy's Changing Diapers and Mommy's Making Her Career: Evaluating a Generous Parental Leave Regulation Using a Natural Experiment
Jochen Kluve, Marcus Tamm
revised version published as 'Parental Leave Regulations, Mothers' Labor Force Attachment and Fathers' Childcare Involvement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 983-1005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4417
The Effect of the Timing and Spacing of Births on the Level of Labor Market Involvement of Married Women
Kenneth Troske, Alexandru Voicu
revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 45(1), 483-521
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4405
Targeting Fertility and Female Participation Through the Income Tax
Ghazala Azmat, Libertad González
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (3), 487-502
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4294
Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: Wie konsistent sind die Reformen?
Werner Eichhorst, Eric Thode
published in: Regards sur l'Economie Allemande, 2010, 96, 13-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4074
The Effect of Children on the Level of Labor Market Involvement of Married Women: What is the Role of Education?
Kenneth Troske, Alexandru Voicu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4054
A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables
Michael P. Keane, Robert M. Sauer
published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(4), 925-958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4029
Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach
Heather Antecol, Michael D. Steinberger
published as 'Labor Supply Differences between Married Heterosexual Women and Partnered Lesbians: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 783-805
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4006
Did British Women Achieve Long-Term Economic Benefits from Working in Essential WWII Industries?
Robert A. Hart
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3997
Latina Entrepreneurship
Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates
published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 427-439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3982
Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time
Annette Bergemann, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Applied Economic Letters, 2011, 18 (1), 17 - 20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3929
Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania
Holger Seebens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3853
Fertility and Female Employment Dynamics in Europe: The Effect of Using Alternative Econometric Modeling Assumptions
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26 (4), 641 - 668
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3718
Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb
published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 375-395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3600
From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3541
The Role of Religion in Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States: A Review of the Recent Literature
Evelyn L. Lehrer
published in: Evelyn Lehrer: Religion, Economics, and Demography, London: Routledge, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3457
The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina
published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labour Markets and Economic Development, London: Routledge, 2009
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