Women in developed economies have made major advancements in labor markets
throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem …

Abstract Traditionally, Labor Force Surveys and Household Surveys have been used to
gather information on the time individuals devote to paid work (eg, labor-force statistics) …

This paper examines parental time allocated to the care of one's children. Using data from
the recent American Time Use Surveys, we highlight some interesting cross-sectional …

The family is a complex decision unit in which partners with potentially different objectives
make consumption, work and fertility decisions. Couples marry and divorce partly based on …

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United
States, with little employment loss. Employers' reticence to hire in the preceding expansion …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

We propose a collective labor supply model with household production that generalizes a
model of Blundell, Chiappori, and Meghir (2005). Adults' preferences depend not only on …

Europe is experiencing a financial and economic crisis. This began with the'credit crunch'in
the financial services sector and evolved as a sovereign debt crisis. Fiscal consolidation and …

This paper examines the role of the doing-gender hypothesis versus traditional models of
the household in explaining how the woman's share of home labor varies with relative …

The book is without doubt a must-read reflection on the notion of full employment and a
source of inspiration for the establishing of the knowledge-based economy that is such an …