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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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DF-analyses of heritability with double-entry twin data: asymptotic standard errors and efficient estimation
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Rodgers, J. C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2000
In this paper we establish the asymptotic distribution of DeFries-Fulker (1985) regression estimates for heritability and shared environmental influences with double-entry twin data. A simple formula to estimate the covariance matrix of the coefficients in DF-regressions is provided, and...
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The structure of social networks and fertility decisions: evidence from S. Nyanza District, Kenya
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Behrman, Jere R.; Watkins, Susan Cotts - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 1999
Demographers have increasingly argued that social interaction is an important mechanism for understanding fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818255
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Variance effects in Bongaarts-Feeney formula
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Philipov, Dimiter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 1999
Bongaarts and Feeney (1998) have recently proposed an adjusted total fertility rate to disentangle tempo effects from … changes in the quantum of fertility. We propose an extension to the Bongaarts and Feeney formula that includes variance … effects, i.e., changes in the variance of the fertility schedule over time. If these variance effects are ignored, the mean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168317
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Do house prices affect fertility behavior in China? : an empirical examination
Clark, William A. V.; Yi, Daichun; Zhang, Xin - In: International regional science review : IRSR ; an … 43 (2020) 5, pp. 423-449
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Impacts of housing booms on fertility in China : a perspective from homeownership
Pan, Yinghao; Yang, Hao - In: International regional science review : IRSR ; an … 45 (2022) 5, pp. 534-554
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585848
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Chapter 19. Technological Progress and Economic Transformation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Seshadri, Ananth - 2005
are: (i) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (ii) the decline in agricultural employment and the rise …
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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Spain
McGowan, Muge Adalet; San Millán, Juan Antona - 2019
policies. Some regional disparities are high and need to be reduced. High regional dispersion in education and job outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111044
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Experiences with Group Support Systems in the Classroom
Aiken, Milam - In: American Journal of Business 11 (1996) 2, pp. 59-62
A Group Support System (GSS) can be an effective tool in teaching groups of students. This paper describes the technology and four studies which explored the appropriateness of the technology in the college classroom. Results show students are more satisfied and productive when using a GSS than...
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