@BernieSanders @GrantRobertson1 why does anyone bother to work in #Denmark?
06 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
Distribution of the male American, British and German number of working hours
15 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: British economy, compensating differentials, Germany, health insurance, labour force participation, male labour force participation, Obamacare, part-time work, social insurance
Few men work part-time. Many that do are teenagers. Two-thirds of male workers in America, Britain and Germany work at least 40 hours a week and another quarter worked 35 to 40 hours a week except in the USA. A surprising number of Americans, 11%, worked 20 to 29 hours. If they work that 30th hour, the employer must provide them with health insurance under Obamacare.
Source: OECD Family Database.
Employment patterns of couples differential with families differ greatly across the OECD
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of family, female labour force participation, labour force participation, maternal labour force participation, my labour force participation, part-time work
American exceptionalism: U.S parents more likely to both be working full time than almost any other OECD country http://t.co/QYBEeUmws4—
Kay Hymowitz (@KayHymowitz) July 08, 2014
The impact of parental employment on child poverty in couple families, Anglo-Saxon countries
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, economics of families, family poverty, Ireland, labour force participation, single parents
Figure 1: child poverty rates in couple families by employment status, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD Family Database; Poverty thresholds are set at 50% of the median income of the entire population.
Male labour force participation has been in a long-term decline
24 May 2015 Leave a comment
in gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, unemployment Tags: labour demographics, labour force participation, male labour force participation, reversing gender gap
NEWS FLASH: The Labor Force Participation Rate for Men Has Been Steadily Trending Downward for the last 67 Years! http://t.co/N66WJJnHsF—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 08, 2015
The age composition of the US labour force
19 May 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply Tags: ageing society, labour demographics, labour force participation, older workers
It happened: Millennials are now the biggest generation in the U.S. workforce on.wsj.com/1IugHMe http://t.co/lUDjT1Rjwk—
Becky Bowers (@beckybowers) May 11, 2015
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
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