America's moms: pewrsr.ch/1uJD07V by @pewresearch #MothersDay http://t.co/o8TIH9xWSH—
Neil Shah (@NeilShahWSJ) May 10, 2015
America’ s mums
20 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: economics of marriage, female labour falls participation, marriage and divorce, single mothers
The three S’s in family policy
18 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, economics of marriage, family poverty, female labour force participation, labour force participation, male labour force participation, marriage and divorce, single parents, welfare reform
Helpful distinctions for family thinking: structure, stability & strength (&.. how related) @inclusionist @mboteach http://t.co/zMi92WYUhi—
Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) January 13, 2015
The main drivers of child poverty
15 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, economics of the family, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents
CHART: Black Illegitimacy Rate Went from < 20% in 1950 to 75.2% in 2010. Has Obama ever mentioned that? http://t.co/1UBUQ5aLRi—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 12, 2015
Quotation of the Day from Charles Murray http://t.co/Y8W6xGjRPO—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 12, 2015
How motherhood in America has changed
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA Tags: female labour force participation
How motherhood in America has changed pewrsr.ch/1kRRCey http://t.co/9lTNrzDlSJ—
PewResearch FactTank (@FactTank) May 10, 2015
Why is the gender gap so large and the glass ceiling so thick in Sweden?
14 May 2015 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, do gooders, economics of families, gender wage gap, maternity leave, Sweden, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
The gender wage gap is no better than the OECD average, despite generous maternity and paternity leave. What gives?
America: one day a year celebrating mothers, fathers.
Sweden: 480 days paid leave per child. vox.com/2014/5/12/5708… http://t.co/weFDrTj7Jb—
Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 11, 2015
Source: Closing the gender gap: Act now – http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264179370-en
How big is the wage gap in your country? bit.ly/18o8icV #IWD2015 http://t.co/XTdntCRfDQ—
(@OECD) March 08, 2015
One important question is whether government policies are effective in reducing the gap. One such policy is family leave legislation designed to subsidize parents to stay home with new-born or newly adopted children.
One of the RLE articles shows that for high earners in Sweden there is a large difference between the wages earned by men and women (the so-called “glass ceiling”), which is present even before the first child is born. It increases after having children, even more so if parental leave taking is spread out.
These findings suggest that the availability of very long parental leave in Sweden may be responsible for the glass ceiling because of lower levels of human capital investment among women and employers’ responses by placing relatively few women in fast-track career positions. Thus, while this policy makes holding a job easier and more family-friendly, it may not be as effective as some might think in eradicating the gender gap.
via New volume on gender convergence in the labour market | IZA Newsroom.
Child poverty and single parenthood
13 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, economics of marriage, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents, welfare reform
Over half of all births to young adults in the U.S. now occur outside of marriage. bit.ly/1qONO10 http://t.co/KXl4sFd122—
Isabel Sawhill (@isawhill) September 17, 2014
Despite forgoing #marriage, young Americans are not forgoing parenthood. bit.ly/1sMG2bJ http://t.co/1aSELaJlfg—
Isabel Sawhill (@isawhill) October 31, 2014
Despite forgoing #marriage, young Americans are not forgoing #parenthood. bit.ly/1xLa1AJ http://t.co/fetnPAiCPG—
Isabel Sawhill (@isawhill) October 13, 2014
Almost 60% of births to women with only a high school degree occur out of wedlock. bit.ly/1sMG2bJ http://t.co/zomTFjZwA2—
Isabel Sawhill (@isawhill) October 14, 2014
Why is the gender wage gap so big in the public sector that the unions invoiced the government for it?
12 May 2015 1 Comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, unions Tags: employer discrimination, gender wage gap, gender wage gap discrimination, government discrimination, New Zealand Greens, sex discrimination
The unions representing public servants and the Green Party are very excited about the gender wage gap this week. So much so that the public service union presented the Treasury with an invoice for that wage gap in the public sector of 14.1%.
Women in the public service are paid 14.1% less than men. We've invoiced @honbillenglish for the missing $294,827,136 http://t.co/QW5z4tU7bv—
(@NZPSA) May 11, 2015
Oddly enough, despite their concerns with the gender wage gap in the public service, the public service unions are stridently against both privatisation and contracting out.
It is almost trite to note is that one of the earliest analytical results in the labour economics of discrimination was that profit maximising employers are much less likely to discriminate than firms that are not subject to a profit and loss constraint and the discipline of bankruptcy.
A prejudiced employer pays a wage above the competitive wage to attract the particular recruits he or she is prejudiced in favour of and does not hire enough workers because he must pay higher wages. This results in lower output and profits than without discrimination.
@greencatherine Unadjusted NZ gender pay gap is 6%, the best in world. http://t.co/2fYuVbJg9E—
Jim Rose (@JimRose69872629) March 19, 2015
Bureaucrats can indulge their prejudices without putting the survival of their business in jeopardy. Entrepreneurs who don’t hire on merit risk running out of going out of business because their costs are hire and their businesses less productive.
…market mechanisms impose inescapable penalties on profits whenever for-profit enterprises discriminate against individuals on any basis other than productivity. Though bigoted managers may hold sway for a time, in the long run the profit penalty makes profit-seeking enterprises tenacious champions of fair treatment.
Early examples of the greater propensity for discrimination in the public sector and non-profit organisations are by Armen Alchian and Ruben Kessel in Competition, Monopoly, and the Pursuit of Money in 1962 and Gary Becker’s pioneering The Economics of Discrimination in 1957.
Women and Social Mobility – Key Facts
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics Tags: gender wage gap
How are today's baby boomer women faring compared to their #mothers? Check out these 6 facts: brook.gs/1J2Hq1l http://t.co/DMZG536cE3—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) May 11, 2015
1. Today’s working women (henceforth described as “daughters”) have higher wages than their mothers – but do not have higher wages than their fathers. Men have higher wages than both their fathers and their mothers.
2. The poorest women are doing best. 80% of daughters raised in the bottom quintile have higher wages than their fathers did. (h/t Scott Winship)
3. “Men’s wages remain more important to increasing couples’ family income,” despite “women’s significant generational gains” …
4. Women who grew up in households where their mother did not work actually have the highest family incomes today—but not because they themselves earn more. Daughters’ individual incomes do not vary significantly by mother’s work status, but family income does—suggesting that daughters whose mothers didn’t work have higher earning husbands. (Catherine Rampell discovered this by asking Pew to split out their analyses by mothers’ labor choices.) Perhaps those raised in more traditional settings are more likely to replicate a traditional division of labor?
via via Women and Social Mobility: Six Key Facts | Brookings Institution.
Another gender gap that dare not mention its name
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: educational attainment, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
Prediction: No commencement speaker will mention the huge ‘degree gap’ favoring women. ow.ly/MCiAm http://t.co/kzzNagctAk—
(@AEI) May 06, 2015
Study: Men are lazy to their core
08 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender, labour supply Tags: child rearing, childcare, gender gap, household production, marital division of labour
Adding it all up — both paid work and unpaid housework, including childcare — the average man’s work week was three hours longer than his partner’s before birth, but after parenthood he worked 8.5 hours less than his partner.
This is particularly interesting, given that this is a socio-economic cohort — wealthy and educated — that generally says equality of household labour is important in a relationship.
via Study: Men are lazy to their core – The Washington Post.
There are big differences in part-time employment rates across countries
06 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, part-time employment, reversing gender gap
Gender & #jobs: pretty clear who's working only part-time. Follow @OECDlive & #gender tomorrow bit.ly/1BCpQOH http://t.co/arzboo6udl—
(@OECD) March 03, 2015
The rise and rise of mothers as breadwinners
05 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: female labour supply, gender wage gap, household division of labour, maternal labour supply
Labour stays silent over gender segregation at party rally
05 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, election campaigns, gender Tags: British general election, Left-wing hypocrisy, sex discrimination, UK politics
Labour stays silent over gender segregation at party rally specc.ie/1QcJHJf via @spectator http://t.co/Qs2FZV9Z7e—
Steerpike (@MrSteerpike) May 03, 2015
Up to a thousand expected at the great Labour Rally tomorrow at 4.00 being organised by @ansar_ali_khan http://t.co/Paec01bT8c—
Jack Dromey (@JackDromeyMP) May 01, 2015
Women are winning the human capital race | Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel
04 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
Why have women outpaced men? There’s little cognitive difference between the sexes, and males do better on standardized tests.
But Murphy, Becker, and Hubbard argue that women tend to have better “non-cognitive skills” than men do. Those personal skills and character traits such as persistence, self-control, and conscientiousness may help women excel academically and stay in school until they graduate.
The academic achievement gap actually starts before college: 25 percent more females than males took high-school advanced-placement tests in 2010, the Cleveland Fed economists find.
“There is a substantial gap between the measured high school performance of males and females,” Topel and Murphy write in a 2014 study, noting that female graduating high school seniors have, as a group, higher grade point averages than their male counterparts. “This high school gender gap in academic performance persists in the population that continues on to college.”
via Women are winning the human capital race | The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
What is assortative mating?
02 May 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: assortative mating
#Dailychart: Sex and money: How women's equality increases wealth inequality. econ.st/1kCYG1R http://t.co/dfrYJs4vBs—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) February 13, 2014
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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