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Household Saving in China : Parental Investment in their Children’s Human Capital

Li, Jialong - 2022

This paper examines the relationship between planning for overseas education and household saving behaviour in China … for a sample of household drawn from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) covering 2011, 2013 and 2015. Household … saving behaviour is captured by the amount of household savings and the role of planning for overseas education is …

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Air pollution, educational achievements, and human capital formation : exposure to elevated levels of air pollution adversely affects educational outcomes

Roth, Sefi - 2017

The link between air pollution and human health is well-documented in the epidemiology and economic literature. Recently, an increasing body of research has shown that air pollution-even in relatively low doses-also affects educational outcomes across several distinct age groups and varying...

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Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility : A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2021

This paper provides a unified theory of the economic and demographic transition. Individuals make optimal decisions about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These decisions are affected by different dimensions of mortality...

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What drives quality-adjusted human development achievements?

Vereinte Nationen / Economic and Social Commission for … - 2021

Since its inception, the main analytical contribution of the Human Development Index (HDI) has been its emphasis on enhancing the quantity of its components. In this paper, a set of qualitative indicators are introduced in order to formulate a quality-adjusted human development index (Q-HDI)...

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Gray matters : fetal pollution exposure and human capital formation

Bharadwaj, Prashant; Gibson, Matthew; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2016 - This draft: January 2016

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Gray Matters : Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation

Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2014

This paper examines the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on 4th grade test scores in Santiago, Chile. We rely on comparisons across siblings which address concerns about locational sorting and all other time-invariant family characteristics that can lead to endogenous exposure to poor...

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Pollution, children's health and the evolution of human capital inequality

Constant, Karine; Davin, Marion - 2021

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Gray Matters : Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation

Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2014

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Regional Income Distribution and Human Capital Formation - A Model of Intergenerational Education Transfer in a Global Context

Bartholomae, Florian W. - 2009

The demographic problems in developed countries are getting more and more important. Very low fertility rates especially among skilled individuals will soon become relevant for a country's economy. Also of importance is education of children. Since there is an increasing demand for skilled...

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The role of income distribution in financing human capital investment

Chetty, V. Karuppan; Pradhan, Basanta K. - 2020

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