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This paper examines the effect of birth order and family size on human capital using a consistent measure of cognitive skills across a diverse set of countries with different levels of development from PISA dataset. Using a birth order index that is orthogonal to family size, as well as...
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We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …
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of less prosperous ethnic minorities raises fertility among the unskilled minority recipients, lowers fertility among the … may provide a purely economic explanation for antipathy toward minorities, especially, among less educated …. -- redistribution ; ethnic diversity ; fertility ; human capital ; economic growth …
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Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or … population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate micro-founded fertility and schooling into … future economic growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all fully developed countries …
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Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or … setup with micro-founded fertility and schooling behavior. We then show how a Beckerian child quality-quantity trade …-run prospects for future economic growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all developed …
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-region growth model with endogenous fertility, in which public knowledge spillovers from the more advanced core into children …
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