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May 2020

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The determinants of housework time Updated

Boosting the efficiency of household production could have large economic effects

Leslie S. Stratton

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting to about half as much as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, driven in part by the gender wage differential. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and its market substitutes, and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and income taxes.

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The determinants of housework time Updated

Boosting the efficiency of household production could have large economic effects

Knowing people’s history helps in understanding their present state and where they are heading

Short-time work compensation schemes and employment Updated

Temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect

Data on rapid, unexpected refugee flows can credibly identify the impact of migration on native workers’ labor market outcomes

The Danish labor market, 2000–2022 Updated

The Danish flexicurity model has proven its resilience to large shocks, with favorable overall labor market performance

Should unemployment insurance cover partial unemployment? Updated

Time-limited benefits may yield significant welfare gains and help underemployed part-time workers move to full-time employment

The importance and challenges of measuring work hours Updated

Measuring work hours correctly is important, but different surveys can tell different stories

Generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster children’s abilities

Intergenerational return to human capital Updated

Better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market

Maternity leave versus early childcare—What are the long-term consequences for children? Updated

Despite increasingly generous parental leave schemes their advantages over subsidized childcare remain unclear

Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation Updated

Medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child health

Health effects of job insecurity Updated

Job insecurity adversely affects health, but employability policies and otherwise better job quality can mitigate the effects

Institutions and policies affect whether working mothers raise heavier children

Preschool improves child outcomes, especially for disadvantaged children

Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration Updated

High-quality enclave networks encourage labor market success for newly arriving immigrants

It is difficult to find consistent evidence that schooling reforms provide health benefits

Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? Updated

Immigrants initially earn less than natives; the wage gap falls over time, but for many immigrant groups it never closes

Impacts of regulation on eco-innovation and job creation Updated

Do regulation-induced environmental innovations affect employment?

Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children Updated

Having immigrant children in the classroom may sometimes, but not always, harm educational outcomes of native children

Knowing the real cost of children is important for crafting better economic policy

Unemployment increases crime among youth, while active labor market policies can mitigate the problem

Do immigrants improve the health of native workers? Updated

Immigration crowds native workers out of risky jobs and into less strenuous work, with consequent benefits to their health

Are workers motivated by the greater good? Updated

Workers care about employers’ social causes, but the public sector does not attract particularly motivated employees

Do small businesses shed proportionately more jobs than large businesses during recessions?

Evidence for making a cheap and effective twist to labor market policies for unemployed workers

Wage-setting institutions narrow the gender pay gap but may reduce employment for some women

Taxpayer effects of immigration Updated

Reliable estimates of taxpayer effects are essential for complete economic analyses of the costs and benefits of immigration

Chronic diseases worsen labor market outcomes, but firms’ hiring and retention policies can reduce them

Temporary agency work is not generally a stepping-stone to regular employment

Universal early education can be beneficial, and more so for the poor, but quality matters

Retiree migration can have economic benefits but can also lead to intergenerational conflict in education spending

Appropriate timing and targeting of activation programs for the unemployed can help improve their cost-effectiveness

How is new technology changing job design? Updated

Machines’ ability to perform cognitive, physical, and social tasks is advancing, dramatically changing jobs and labor markets

Income inequality and social origins Updated

Promoting intergenerational mobility makes societies more egalitarian

International trade regulation and job creation Updated

Trade policy is not an employment policy and should not be expected to have major effects on overall employment

Proactive policies result in a better labor market integration

Can job search requirements and job search assistance help the unemployed find better jobs faster?

Internal hiring or external recruitment? Updated

The efficacy of hiring strategies hinges on a firm’s simultaneous use of other policies

Labor market institutions and policies in old and new EU members Updated

After three recessions, a new emphasis on the importance of collective institutions and social dialogue is emerging

Long-term unemployment did not rise under the flexicurity model during the great recession, despite the large drop in GDP