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Browsing by Subject "fertility"
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Title:With Strings Attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labour market outcomes
Author(s):GARCIA-MORAN, Eva; KUEHN, ZoeDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that ...
Title:Does Longevity Cause Growth? A Theoretical Critique
Author(s):HAZAN, Moshe; ZOABI, HosnyDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity may have contributed less than previously thought for the significant accumulation of human capital during the transition from stagnation to growth. ...
Title:Women in Arab Countries: Challenging the Patriarchal System?
Author(s):FARGUES, PhilippeDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Progress in the empowerment of Arab women was found to be low in a 2002 report. Yet Arab women's status is not reflected in continuing high fertility, which in 2000 had dropped sharply in one generation to 3.4. This paper ...