Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-06-12)
The widely held view that separation has adverse effects on children has been
the basis of important policy interventions. While a small number of analyses have been concerned with selection into divorce, no studies have ...
We explore the significance of intra-couple and intra -household influences on three broad types of employment contracts: self-employment, performance related pay, and salaried employment. Individuals may pool income risk ...
If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in
the case of divorce/separation, an increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution
may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. ...
We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of
household resources accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children) in Ireland.
The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in ...
In this paper, we suggest a collective model with parents and (young)
children. We identify and estimate scale economies in households and the
sharing rule between husband, wife and children. While adult shares and
economies ...