New working paper on the impact of the Scottish Child Payment - a cash transfer to low income families in Scotland summarised nicely by @ilonapin.bsky.social
Does marriage still causally change the division of labour after having a first child? We revisit this question and find evidence of two types of households - some specialize BUT for more modern couples marriage increases coordination - men earn less, take more paternity leave and women keep working
So happy to see our paper out - with my great coauthors Sarah and Kjell
"Gender Equality through Marriage" - new discussion paper by Kjell G. Salvanes (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social), Gloria Moroni, @chetinicoletti1.bsky.social and @emmatominey.bsky.social:
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'Investing in Children: Early findings on the difference the Scottish Child Payment makes to child well-being' authors @katejandersen.bsky.social Suzanna Nesom @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social @ilonapin.bsky.social @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @emmatominey.bsky.social CASEpaper/238: tinyurl.com/4m3pdpu9
Forthcoming in the AER: "First Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks" by Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, and Emma Tominey. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Emma Tominey
Emma Tominey
Emma Tominey
Recent years have seen a divergence in welfare of Scotland compared to other UK nations. The Scottish Government has used its devolved powers on social security to introduce a package of five Family P...
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(Forthcoming Article) - High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite-educated parents than their elite counterparts. This difference in social capital is a ...
Our second paper explores evidence around whether SCP weakens work incentives. It looks at the impact of the ‘cliff edge’ - the point where a small increase in earnings could take families above the eligibility threshold for Scottish child payment leading to an overall loss of income.
Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵
AEA Journals
We revisit the economic effects of marriage, analysing its heterogeneous impact on the intra-household labour division following childbirth. Can marriage promot
