The age at motherhood has increased in most European Countries in the past decades. The main aim of this paper is to assess the impact of women’s labour market participation on the timing of first birth across the European Union (EU). According to the literature – based on income maximisation framework (Cigno and Ermish […]
The aim of the paper is to investigate the impact of the imputation procedures adopted in the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) on the quality of the information about income variables. We evaluate the imputation methods adopted in the ECHP by looking for systematic differences in the distribution of income across different types of […]
[…] Nevertheless, there are notable cases in which causation does seem likely. First, joining religious and possibly a variety of other civic groups may have a sizable positive impact on voting behavior. Second, joining a union appears to have a strong impact on one’s sense of closeness to the Labour party. In addition, quite modest […]
[…] the British Household Panel Study for 1991 to 2002 this paper shows that not accommodating for endogeneity in the labour market participation equation may significantly overestimate the impact care exhibits on the employment decision of informal carers. Moreover, it is shown that a negative impact on employment only applies to some care-types. What are […]
In this paper we use important new training and wage data from the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the impact of the national minimum wage (introduced in April 1999) on the work-related training of low-wage workers. We use two ‘treatment groups’ for estimating the impact of the new minimum wage – those workers […]
Microsimulation models are commonly used to examine the distributional impact of reforms of the means-tested benefit system. Take-up behaviour is related to the level of entitlement, so reform may induce changes in take-up. We develop a stochastic simulation method and apply it to a probit model of Income Support take-up by British pensioners. The […]
The paper surveys the impact of parents on their children’s economic success, from genes to actions before the child’s birth (e.g. affecting birthweight) to other decisions during a child’s life (e.g. schooling, residential location). Family environment early in a child’s life has a substantial impact on subsequent educational achievement. A ‘favourable environment’ appears to […]
[…] children’s SWB; but the mothers’ financial situation was, associated with girls’ well-being. The father’s subjective feelings about his financial situation were only associated with well-being of girls but not boys. Overall, the household’s financial circumstance appears to have a greater impact on the SWB of girls rather than boys. Discussions of the findings are provided.
[…] in national tests of Mathematics and English for pupils of age 14 and in increasing attendance at school. We find the policy to have had a positive impact on school attendance and performance in Mathematics (though not for English). There is marked heterogeneity in the effectiveness of the policy. Its greatest impact has been […]