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Chapter 25 The political economy of intergenerational cooperation
Cigno, Alessandro - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1505-1558). 2006
This chapter examines the scope for mutually beneficial intergenerational cooperation, and looks at various attempts to theoretically explain the emergence of norms and institutions that facilitate this cooperation. The contributions reviewed come from branches of economics as far apart as...
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Chapter 10. Conflict and Cooperation Within the Family, and Between the State and the Family, in the Provision of Old-Age Security
Cigno, A. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 609-660). 2016
The early contributions to the microeconomic literature assume that only market goods yield utility, and that the only way adults can secure the consumption of these goods in old age is by saving. The more recent contributions recognize, however, that the elderly derive utility also from goods...
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Reversal of gender gaps in child development: Evidence from young children in India
Lopez Boo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 1, pp. 55-59
This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing...
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Chapter 4. Peer Effects in Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?
Sacerdote, Bruce - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 249-277). 2011
This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest sized and statistically significant peer effects in test scores. But the linear-in-means model masks considerable...
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Interdependencies of Health, Education and Poverty: The Case of South Mediterranean Economies/Interdependencias de salud, educación y pobreza: el caso de las Economías Sur-Mediterr...
DRIOUCHI, AHMED; BOBOC, CRISTINA; ZOUAG, NADA - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 27 (2009) Agosto, pp. 523-544
This study is devoted to assessing the interdependencies between health, education and wealth at the aggregate regional … studies at micro and macroeconomic levels prove that there are causal relations between variables related to health, education … education have been revealed to have important effects in leading these economies. The results attained are likely contributions …
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HEALTH, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: TESTING FOR LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIPS AND CAUSAL LINKS in the United States
Aka, Bédia F.; Dumont, J.C. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 8 (2008) 2, pp. 101-110
This paper examines the causal relationships between human capital (Education, and Health) and Economic growth for the …-VAR investigations show bi-directional causality between Education and Health. Causality also exists from Education to Economic growth … show that the long-run dynamics of growth are slightly explained by past health and education level, and the health level …
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What is the Domain of the Welfare State?
Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market...
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Charitable giving in married couples : untangling the effects of education and income on spouses' giving
Mesch, Debra J.; Osili, Una Okonkwo; Dale, Elizabeth J.; … - In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly : journal of … 51 (2022) 2, pp. 444-458
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Child marriage, education, and agency in Uganda
Wodon, Quentin; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Tsimpo, Clarence - In: Feminist economics 22 (2016) 1, pp. 54-79
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Parental divorces and children's educational outcomes in Senegal
Crespin-Boucaud, Juliette; Hotte, Rozenn - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 145 (2021), pp. 1-19
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