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Intergenerational Earnings Links: Sons and Daughters.
Lillard, L.A.; Kilburn, M.R. - Labor and Population Program, RAND - 1995
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their …Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam
Barnes, Douglas F.; Nguyen Huu Minh; Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009
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Chancengerechtigkeit und Entwicklung
2006 - 1. Aufl., Sonderausg.
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The Evolution of Modern Educational Systems: Technical Vs. General Education, Distributional Conflict and Growth
Bertocchi, Graziella; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
income growth, wealth inequality and political participation. We predict that developing countries will tend to overinvest in …
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Equity Aversion
Fershtman, Chaim; Gneezy, Uri; List, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Models of inequity aversion and fairness have dominated the behavioural economics landscape in the last decade. This study gathers data from 240 subjects exposed to variants of two of the major experimental games - dictator and trust - that are employed to provide important empirical content to...
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Community Midwifery Education Program in Afghanistan
Mohmand, Khalil Ahmad - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
admission criteria for students; and establishment of a strong accreditation board to ensure qualified midwives were trained by …
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Education and Migration Choices in Hierarchical Societies: The Case of Matam, Senegal
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Demonsant, Jean-Luc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …. Since formally educated children tend not to return, the ruling caste seeks to develop family loyalty by choosing religious …. Children from the ruling caste who are sent abroad have a lower probability of being sent to formal school. They are more …
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Nicaragua: An Analysis Using a Sexual and Reproductive Health Framework and Human Rights
Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo; Beneitez, Geraldine; Ortega, Juana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
In an effort to integrate operational and analytical work on adolescents and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and Human Rights in Nicaragua, the World Bank, in coordination with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United Nations...
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Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate,...
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