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endowments of the factors that complement the schooling process. The paper explores the relationship between inequality of … opportunities, inequality of outcomes, and aggregate efficiency in human capital formation. Using numerical solutions we study how … meanpreserving spread and a change in the support. The results suggest that a higher degree of inequality of opportunities is …
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endowments of the factors that complement the schooling process. The paper explores the relationship between inequality of … opportunities, inequality of outcomes, and aggregate efficiency in human capital formation. Using numerical solutions we study how … meanpreserving spread and a change in the support. The results suggest that a higher degree of inequality of opportunities is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650580
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …
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workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …
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substantially higher employment (all else equal), which in turn amplifies income inequality across couples. Using NLSY79, we … accumulation and implied wage growth. Inequality between couples is largely driven by the persistence in labor supply choices and …
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We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
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We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517207
tend to receive care of higher measured quality and higher cost. Inequality is evident at home as well: measures of …-income households, reduces inequality in care provided, but it is mainly limited to older children and to the lowest income households …
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