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Family social norms and child labor
Katav-Herz, Shirit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2021
childhood are more likely to send their children to work. We also look at the effect of social norms on the parents' child labor … poverty is viewed as the main reason for child labor, we choose to focus on the phenomenon that parents who worked during own … explanation for the phenomenon of poor societies with similar income levels that differ significantly in literacy rates and …
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Who is in favor of immigration
Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019
Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result of increased longevity and a parallel decline in fertility. This phenomenon is placing an increasing burden on the young to finance intergenerational transfers to the old, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159286
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Sometimes you cannot make it on your own : how household background influences chances of success in Italy
Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2021
opportunities in Italy. Our analysis relies on a rich dataset that contains data both on individuals and their real parents, as well …
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Intergenerational (im)mobility in Pakistan : is the social elevator broken?
Andlib, Zubaria; Sadiq, Maqsood; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024
information on individuals and their real parents. The empirical analysis highlights that the level of parents' education is more … relevant than the level of parents' occupation skills in individuals' social and educational opportuni ties. In addition …
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