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Choosing the right parents : changes in the intergenerational transmission of inequality - between 1980 and the early 1990s
Levine, David I. (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001697071
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The growing importance of family and community : an analysis of changes in the sibling correlation in earnings
Mazumder, Bhashkar (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
"This study presents evidence that the correlation in brothers' earnings has risen in recent decades. We use two distinct cohorts of young men from the National Longitudinal Surveys and estimate that the correlation in earnings between brothers rose from 0.26 to 0.45. This suggests that family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001920916
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Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth: Prudence or Abstinence?
Werneck, Rogério L.F.; Irwin, Timothy; Sturzenegger, … - Inter-American Development Bank
Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively on the levels of public debt and the cash deficit. Very little attention was paid to the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943424
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Choosing the right parents: changes in the intergenerational transmission of inequality between 1980 and the early 1990s
Levine, David I.; Mazumder, Bhashkar - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2002
This paper uses the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the General … Social Survey (GSS) to measure the elasticity of family income on men’s adult earnings in 1980 and the early 1990s. The study … finds a large and statistically significant increase in the importance of family income over time when comparing cohorts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419875
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Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth: Prudence or Abstinence?
Werneck, Rogério L.F.; Irwin, Timothy; Sturzenegger, … - Inter-American Development Bank
Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively on the levels of public debt and the cash deficit. Very little attention was paid to the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772370
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The growing importance of family and community: an analysis of changes in the sibling correlation in earnings
Levine, David I.; Mazumder, Bhashkar - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2003
This study presents evidence that the correlation in brothers’ earnings has risen in recent decades. We use two distinct cohorts of young men from the National Longitudinal Surveys and estimate that the correlation in earnings between brothers rose from 0.26 to 0.45. This suggests that family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005520031