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Title:Working mothers, children, and family policies Author(s):KOLL, David EUI affiliated

Date:2020Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2020 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contains three independent chapters that investigate work decisions and labour market outcomes of mothers and their potential dynamic consequences. Furthermore, it focuses on intended and unintended effects of ...

Title:Essays on household decision Author(s):GUSTAFSSON, MariaDate:2014Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2014 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis considers the fact that the majority of households consists of two adults whose characteristics and preferences matter for the households' decisions. The first chapter studies how an increase in the generosity ...

Title:Intrahousehold Insurance and its Implications for Macroeconomic Outcomes Author(s):SIASSI, NawidDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Most theoretical and empirical work on consumption, labor supply and saving decisions has been based on the paradigm that households behave as single agents. While this approach is often convenient, it relies on very ...

Title:How important is intra-household risk sharing for savings and labor supply? Author(s):ORTIGUEIRA, Salvador; SIASSI, NawidDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/36Abstract:While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is known about the quantitative effects of this informal source of insurance on savings and labor supply. In this paper, we present ...

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